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Google Code Jam 2004
cymen writes "Google's Code Jam 2004 is open for registration at TopCoder.com. Slashdot reported on the 2003 winner and Google has a Code Jam 2003 summary. Grab some caffeine and get hacking!"
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Here's a summary from the faq, in case Google gets slashdotted:
Summary of the Tournament
The Google(TM) Code Jam 2004 is being offered by Google Inc. ("Google") and TopCoder, Inc. ("TopCoder"). Google is using the results of the Code Jam 2004 to identify possible employees for their company. The Code Jam 2004 will take place between Wednesday, September 1 and Friday, October 15, 2004. It begins with a 2-week online registration, after which all registered individuals will participate in a Qualification Round to determine who will compete in the programming tournament. The tournament consists of one (1) day of qualification, two (2) online elimination rounds and one (1) onsite final round. All participants who compete in Round 1 (the first online elimination round) will receive a "Google Code Jam 2004, Powered by TopCoder" t-shirt. In addition, Google will award $50,000 in cash prizes to the 50 finalists in the tournament.
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PS: Why won't Topcoder allow any dynamically typed languages? The least they could do is allow Jython -- it runs right on the JVM so they would hardly have to lift a finger to allow it. This conspicuous absence of dynamically typed languages just maybe excluding the greatest programmers according to Paul Grahams's "Python Paradox". Why not find out whether dynamically typed languages really are all they're cracked up to be by guys like Paul Graham by making Topcoder a really fair contest that includes at least one dynamically typed language?
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