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29th ACM Intl. Programming Contest Results

Posted by Zonk on from the -talent-recognized dept.

mathinator writes "The 29th ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals, hosted by China's Shanghai Jiao Tong University, are now over and the results are in. Congratulations to the top 4 teams who will be walking away with gold medals. They are Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Moscow State University, St. Petersburg Institute of Optics and Mechanics, and Canada's University of Waterloo (coming in at 1, 2, 3, 4 respectively. The top 4 get gold medals). Regional champions are: University of Waterloo, Canada (North America); Moscow State University, Russia (Europe); University of Cape Town, South Africa, (Africa and the Middle East); Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica, Brazil (Latin America); Shanghai Jiaotong University, China (Asia); and University of New South Wales, Australia (South Pacific)."

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  1. More details by AtariAmarok · · Score: 2, Funny

    The contest is in virus form. If you have Internet Explorer, you will find the winners on your machine any time now. It's great that the whole world will be able to participate in this contest.

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  2. Re:Wow im amazed by j0e_average · · Score: 5, Funny
    Ironicly, they dn't offer SE[x] on main campus.

    You'll find that to be the case with most CS depts. You'll need to study law if you want to screw people.

  3. No Mountain Dew by jbeaupre · · Score: 4, Funny

    Lack of Mt. Dew puts US programers at a serious disadvantage.

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  4. What this shows is that... by M3rk1n_Muffl3y · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...Communist (or ex) countries produce better programmers. Maybe it's because once you've tried commanding a whole economy, programming seems trivial by comparison.

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  5. Re:Funny stuff about this contest... by ConceptJunkie · · Score: 2, Funny

    Are you sure your cable didn't go through the planet? ;-)

    Just kidding. The judges sound like mid-level management candidates.

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  6. What surprises me by Stevyn · · Score: 4, Funny

    I looked at the questions and I was surprised they didn't include some basic computer skills. No where did they ask how to install an operating system. Compiling a kernel wasn't mentioned. Configuring a license server? Nope! MySQL? Not a damn reference.

    It's obvious to me that these "computer scientists" aren't skilled for the real world and will never get a respectable IT job.

  7. Re:Possible explanation by FreakyLefty · · Score: 2, Funny

    Technically if you lose at anything it's because you were at a disadvantage, even if that disadvantage was apathy or being thick as pigshit.

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  8. Re:Do the problems relate to real life? by timeOday · · Score: 2, Funny
    These competitions seem to be very academic. Do they relate to programming in the real world?
    No, the competition problems are much more interesting. They should restrict the competition to writing Visual Basic report generators for Access. Also they should change the assignment 30 minutes before it's due. Finally, the winners should be sent away without any award while the judges sell the software to pay for their new mansions.