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4th ICFP Programming Contest Announced

Posted by michael on from the stock-up-on-Dew-now dept.

gdon writes: "So you are the best and fastest coder in town? Take a chance to exhibit your skills and maybe win a prize at the 4th ICFP programming contest at the International Conference on Functional Programming. The programming challenge task will be published on July 26, 2001 at 15:00 UTC and program submission ends 72 hours later." Check out the previous contests: 1998, 1999, or 2000.

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  1. Slashdot enters ICFP with... by zpengo · · Score: 5
    ...an automated "Microsoft Watchdog" script comprised of 42 lines of Perl. Whenever Microsoft blinks, the code generates:
    • An ominous headline
    • A set of unverified trivia.
    • A conspiracy theory
    • A mention of Linux
    • A mention of Microsoft's feelings toward Open Source
    • A sarcastic closing remark.
    The script even begins populating the discussion with lengthy posts from the same account both extolling the virtues of and deriding Microsoft.
    --


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  2. What I wouldn't give... by Violet+Null · · Score: 5

    For the winning program to have been written in Brainfuck.