ICFP Contest Underway

iseff writes "The ICFP Contest (reported first here) is now underway. There's probably still some time for us slackers to code up something for the first round. This year's problem is similar to the board game Cops and Robbers. What I find cool about this year is the split into two parts -- code the original spec, then wait, get a new spec, and modify. Plus, any language is accepted, even though it's a 'functional programming' contest."

Comments

Sounds fun

[lvleat]

If I didn't suck balls and programming, and had a bigger attention span bigger than a goldfish, I'd give this a shot. But..I won't. The game actually sounds hella neat ^_^. G'Luck to everyone who's participating.

I need more sleep.

[Mr. Bad Example]

I kept reading this as "Insane Clown FORTRAN Posse".

Hey, that's my old stomping grounds!

[billbaggins]

Well, ok, I lived in the Hyde Park area (the setting of the game) for a good solid 8 months. Odd, though... they've got the police station located at 55th & Woodlawn... Unless my memory is decieving me, that's actually a *fire* station...

(Hrmm. No, now that I think of it, that corner has a Starbucks [what corner doesn't?], a church, a school, and some nasty-looking apartments. The fire station is one block west. Ohwell, this is supposed to be the fictional future hyper-advanced year 2000 Chicago, maybe there'll be some changes by then...)