Dragon vs. Hydra - Competing Development Styles

peterofoz writes "You may recall that we discussed a company which was recruiting talent with a puzzle last December. This turned out to be n-Brain releasing a new product that allows multiple editors to modify the same code in real time to support the collaborative programming paradigm. Now they're back with another challenge: 'Are two heads really better than one? N-BRAIN, Inc. intends to definitively answer this question by sponsoring the Hydra Versus Dragon Coding Competition, a Reality TV-style battle between the world's finest software developers.' Mark June 23rd on your calendars." While n-Brain clearly intends this to promote their software, it will be interesting to see if the competition results support their theory of collaborative development.

Comments

Dragon for the Win

[antirelic]

Even though Dragons and Hydra's have roughly the same hit dice, lets face it, Dragons have a much lower AC and can deal and take alot more damage. Plus the fact that they can fly...

Wait... I'm gonna go read the summary quick...

Now there's an idea!

[consonant]

A coding reality show on TV! Watch the dragon takeon the hydra! Damn, that would make some compelling television. I'd even accept it on pay-per-view!

"Watch seasoned developers and greenhorn programming prodigies square off their skills against each other! The algorithms will clash and the development environments will see sparks fly!"

I'd say the second episode of this series would be a vi vs emacs thing..

p.s: and vi would win ;)