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Re: Contests (was Re: Yet another posting...:))

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From: Michael Rothstein
Date: Fri, 03 May 1991 15:03
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In article <RANG.91May2234522@nexus.cs.wisc.edu> rang@cs.wisc.edu (Anton Rang) writes:
<remarks about objectivity deleted>
>
>  BTW, is anyone else upset that Turbo Pascal is commonly used at
>contests rather than Standard Pascal?  :-/  Probably not.

Well, I am: one reason why we did not participate last year was that I
felt we would not be able to compete with all the Turbo-experts, since
we have made a point of not using PC's. Our dept. owns exactly 1, and 
I have a feeling we cannot afford to move it or purchase one for programming
contest use :-(.
--
Michael Rothstein (Kent State U) |	``The above are my personal
(rothstei@cs.kent.edu)		 |	beliefs and opinions, not KSU's''
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From: rothstei@mcs.kent.edu (Michael Rothstein)
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Subject: Re: Contests (was Re: Yet another posting...:))
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Date: 3 May 91 15:03:03 GMT
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