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Favorite Programming Contests?

Posted by Cliff on from the code-fu-competitions dept.

SandSpider asks: "Sometimes, the daily grind of programming can wear a person down. Sometimes, people need challenges to expand their abilities and outlook. My personal favorite is the ADHOC/MacHack Showcase, where you spend up to 48 hours straight programming something impressive, perhaps with the conference theme, perhaps no. Sure, there's no prize, but it's the recognition from other programmers that makes it worthwhile. What is everyone else's favorite programming competition, and what did you do for it?"

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  1. The ICFP of course. by John+Meacham · · Score: 4, Insightful

    http://icfpc.plt-scheme.org/

    No language restrictions, very interesting problems. quite prestigious to win. it is great!

    The only downside is that it is only once a year. It is fun to do it in a language you don't know as a forced crash course too if you don't expect to win. :)

    It starts this weekend! so start preparing.

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  2. Corewars! by afabbro · · Score: 3, Insightful
    A little long in the tooth, but corewars is still fun.
    • http://www.corewars.org/
    • http://www.koth.org/
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  3. Underhanded C by Daedala · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This contest has already been slashdotted, but the idea is sublime: "write code that is as readable, clear, innocent and straightforward as possible, and yet it must...do something subtly evil." And the prize is beer!

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