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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."

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  1. Ugh not again... by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 1, Troll

    I already said why the ACM programming contest is crap, I won't say it again.

  2. So much for a programming contest, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    ... this bullshit has absolutely nothing to do with programming. These are more or less general problems that needn't involve computers at all - just get a paper and a pencil. It is imho absolutely not demanding to code a problem that has a simple (read: already proven stem) outside CS.

  3. Re:GO USA!!!!!!! by Flunitrazepam · · Score: 0, Troll

    America.... FUCK YEA!

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    1) Your analysis is based on bad assumptions so your result is way off. 2) You're a sick bastard for fucking a horse.
  4. What a lousy way to run a programming contest by Baldrson · · Score: 0, Troll
    If they want a real comparison of programming talent they shouldn't make up "toy" problems for programmers -- they should come up with a series of prizes similar to, but less challenging than, The Clay Mathematics Institute Millenium Prizes, or, better yet just pile as much money as possible on the C-Prize and let the programmers go crazy with creativity.

    Other programming challenges -- with useful results are sitting around all over the place that just need some more money to get the competition kickstarted.

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  5. Funny guy by Baldrson · · Score: 0, Troll

    For those who don't get the joke: I've repeatedly put the suggestion for the C-Prize up here at /. with the additional suggestion that the Google founders who are participating with the X-Prize committee do it. This means guys like Sergey Brin and Larry Page, both Jews AFAIK, would be responsible for choosing the administrators. Now, we all know there is an increasing appearance that neocons are supremacist and that they're largely Jews but -- you'll just have to trust me on this -- they aren't likely to give me a red cent out of it.

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