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ICFP 2003 Programming Contest Starts June 28th

Posted by timothy on from the warm-up-your-swedish dept.

mvw writes "The web pages for the ICFP 2003 programming contest are online! It starts Saturday, 28th June 0:00 GMT. As the time zone hints, this year it is organized in Sweden." From the rules page: "All programmers are invited to enter the contest, either individually or in teams. The contest offers direct, head-to-head comparison of language technology and programming skill. We have a range of prizes for the winners: cash awards, books, invitations to the conference for students, and, of course, unlimited bragging rights. The prizes will be awarded at ICFP 2003 in Uppsala this August."

3 of 33 comments (clear)

  1. Acronym by cgrawls · · Score: 5, Informative

    ICFP stands for International Conference on Functional Programming. Neither the /. story nor the contest website make this clear.

    Also, interestingly, the contest allows any programming language to be entered, functional or not. Sounds like a challenge to the procedural and OO programmers out there :).

  2. in the faq by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative
    Well this is mentioned in the FAQ:

    • Will the CPU speed of the computer used for the task matter? (Not for the development task, but for computing task results.) Will people with just a 166-MHz machine be disadvantaged against people with current hardware?

      Give me a faster computer anyday. I can't see a situation in which a faster machine would not be some advantage. However, the speed of your CPU will not directly influence your placing.

    Interesting to see what the competition will be...
  3. It has begun. by Randolpho · · Score: 2, Informative

    The contest has begun. Looks like it's best-path pathfinding.

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