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2006 ACM Programming Contest Complete

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the all-wrappered-up dept.

prostoalex writes "World finals for 2006 ACM programming contest took place in San Antonio, TX this year, and the results are in. Russia's Saratov State University solved 5 contest problems in record time, followed closely by Altai State Technical University (Russia) with 5 problems solved as well. University of Twente (Netherlands), Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China), Warsaw University (Poland), St. Petersburg State University (Russia), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA), Moscow State University (Russia), University of Waterloo (Canada) and Jagiellonian University - Krakow (Poland) all completed 4 problems."

3 of 180 comments (clear)

  1. obligatory by StarvingSE · · Score: 0, Redundant

    In Soviet Russia, problems solve you (in record time too!!!!)

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  2. bias article by Flunitrazepam · · Score: 0, Redundant

    From TFA:

    For many, it's like any sporting event -- just with lines of computer code instead of balls

    That seems really unprofessional and childish, even for a Yahoo story.

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  3. sorry, had to do it by Sathias · · Score: 0, Redundant

    At Russia's Saratov State University, contest problems solve YOU!!

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