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Re: Evil C Contests

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From: Nick Maclaren
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 14:52
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In article <4fu7pp$94q@solutions.solon.com>, jeffno@denali.ccs.neu.edu (Jeffrey Nowakowski) writes:
|> Norman Hamer <maven@mavenry.altcit.eskimo.com> writes:
|> 
|> >  Gotta say, amusing as the first-year-student-programming-style
|> > contest is, I (for one) don't think this is a particularly
|> > appropriate place for it.
|> 
|> Where else would you put it?
|> 
|> I think the bad examples are good for pointing out mistakes that
|> beginners make.  They are clearly labeled as bad, so I don't see the
|> problem.

I think that this IS a reasonable place, but I should prefer that
it were used for announcements of such contests, and the reporting
of results (probably with selected code).  I.e. I should prefer
that the 'entries' were submitted by Email, and not posted.

Right, now we have three different opinions in three postings :-)


Nick Maclaren,
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