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Article #353Re: Contests (was Re: Yet another posting...:))
From: Peter da Silva
Date: Mon, 06 May 1991 15:46
Date: Mon, 06 May 1991 15:46
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In article <1991May3.150303.22506@mcs.kent.edu> rothstei@mcs.kent.edu (Michael Rothstein) writes: > In article <RANG.91May2234522@nexus.cs.wisc.edu> rang@cs.wisc.edu (Anton Rang) writes: > > 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... Perhaps these contests should use an unusual or unfamiliar language to handicap everyone equally? I vote for BCPL (no, just kidding. Really. I meant Forth. Hey! No hitting!). -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' peter@ferranti.com +1 713 274 5180. 'U` "Have you hugged your wolf today?"
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!fernwood!uupsi!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.org.acm Subject: Re: Contests (was Re: Yet another posting...:)) Message-ID: <6X3B-PB@xds13.ferranti.com> Date: 6 May 91 15:46:25 GMT References: <GLENN.91May2094528@curie.ces.cwru.edu> <1991May2.221106.5618@cs.columbia.edu> <RANG.91May2234522@nexus.cs.wisc.edu> <1991May3.150303.22506@mcs.kent.edu> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 14