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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. Please define "any programming language"... by Raphael · · Score: -1, Redundant

    The submitter has stated that "any programming language" can be used. The announcement on O'Reilly Developer News says: [...] and you can use the programming languages of your choice to solve the problems thrown at you.

    But the Overview page for the competition contains the following paragraph:

    Use Java, C++, C# or VB.NET. Pick any of these programming languages to code your solutions. All are acceptable and none is given an advantage.

    This is far from "the programming languages of your choice". My choice would be plain old C for some tasks (using object-oriented paradigms if necessary, such as in glib and gtk+) and scripting languages such as Perl or Python for other tasks. I hope that they still accept C in the C++ category, but it looks like no other languages are allowed. Sigh!

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    -Raphaël
  2. 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 --

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

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

  4. Re:Any language? by stratjakt · · Score: -1, Redundant

    C is a subset of C++

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    I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
  5. Re:Any language? by millette · · Score: 0, Redundant

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

  6. 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++...