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Google Code Jam 2003 Announced

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the something-to-hack-on dept.

An anonymous reader says "O'Reilly Developer News is reporting details of the newest Google programming contest, Google Code Jam 2003. Prizes range from t-shirts to ten grand and you can use any programming language you want to solve the increasingly challenging problems." Update by J : ... as long as it's Java, C++, C# or VB.NET.

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  1. Not quite ANY programming language... by DrEldarion · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Unfortunately, they won't let you use ANY programming language, your choices are: Java, C++, C# or VB.NET.

    I was really hoping someone would join and attempt to do everything in FORTRAN or assembly.

    -- Dr. Eldarion --

  2. You can use any language you want by rk · · Score: 0, Redundant

    as long as it's Java, C++, C#, or VB.NET.

  3. Re:Any language? by millette · · Score: 0, Redundant

    c++ started out as a superset of c, but the inverse isn't true any more.

  4. Re:Any language? by MarvinIsANerd · · Score: 0, Redundant

    C++ is a superset of C. You could code an entire program in C and it would also be valid C++...