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ICFP Programming Contest 2002

Posted by timothy on from the load-up-on-smart-drugs dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Has no one noticed that the ICFP Programming Contest is about to get underway by the end of the week? The prize this year is $1000 and a trip to the conference, which is acutally in the US this year, as compared to Italy last year." What's the ICFP programming contest? See our previous mentions of this open-to-all contest, now in its fifth year. The acronym parses to International Conference on Functional Programming, by the way.

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  1. Wait... you'd rather NOT go to Italy? by PeteyG · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The prize this year is $1000 and a trip to the conference, which is acutally in the US this year, as compared to Italy last year."

    I like the U.S. and all... but come on! I live here! How many programmers do you think have never even left the country? Or continent? Italy and other foreign countries are adventures of culture and experience just waiting to happen!

    Is this like the geek-urge to stay indoors... except on a country-sized scale!?

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    no thanks
  2. Re:Real world issues ... by zangdesign · · Score: 3, Funny

    Actually, I would say sponsor sports events with real world equivalents

    10, 20, and 50 meter Knife Throwing - target is a co-worker with a target on his back

    1, 2, and 30 minute Coffee Chug - survivors of the caffeine overload get ... well, to survive.

    Fastest Flamer - not what it sounds like. First person to flame a positive remark about opponent's OS of choice gets the gold. Extra points for making them cry or commit suicide. All entries must be typed.

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    To celebrate the occasion of my 1000th post, I will post no more forever on Slashdot. Goodbye.