From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2006-12-31T05:54:59+09:00
Subject: Re: contest season (or something)

On Dec 30, 2006, at 2:38 PM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:

> I personally think "competitive programming" is an abomination.  
> Programming is all about cooperation and communication, about  
> helping people learn a difficult art and science, and about  
> producing worthwhile artifacts. Maybe I thought differently when I  
> was 19, fresh out of college and programming for a living, but it  
> didn't take long for that to get beaten out of me. :)

I'm 30 and I love a good programming contest.  I always learn so much  
from everyone you is so much better at it than me and that's all it  
takes to win me over.

I'm all for such a contest and will participate if my schedule allows.

James Edward Gray II