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ICFP Contest 2004 Date Set

Posted by timothy on from the first-warning dept.

Bbazzarrakk writes "It's still a little ways off yet, but a date for the 2004 ICFP Programming Contest has been set. If you're like me, you need a little warning to plan for it and avoid missing it. The contest will begin Friday, June 4th at noon. For more information, keep an eye on The Official Contest Site."

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  1. From ICFP Contest 2003 by df200 · · Score: 4, Informative
    From the website of last year's contest:
    Rules of the Game Is your favorite programming language the best? Does it lead to better and faster programs? Does it make programs easy to write and modify? Are you and your friends the best programmers in the world? Then prove it! 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.
  2. ICFP by Nighttime · · Score: 3, Interesting

    International Conference on Functional Programming, in case you were wondering.

    Does the Functional Programming part of the name preclude using object-oriented languages I wonder?

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    1. Re:ICFP by bmac · · Score: 4, Informative

      Nope. Any prog lang is ok, but the executable must be able to run on their platform, which in the past was a variant of Linux, if I remember correctly.

      I think they are simply putting the functional langs up against all comers. The winners of the last couple of contests have been ocaml, (once again) if I remember correctly.

      Peace & Blessings,
      bmac