From: John <nojgoalbyspam@...>
Date: 2002-08-10T14:05:35+09:00
Subject: Re: ICFP programming contest

"MikkelFJ" <mikkelfj-anti-spam@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
news:3d543852$0$43923$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk...
> It's announced in comp.lang.functional.
>
> The Fifth Annual
>
>          ICFP PROGRAMMING CONTEST
>
>       August 30 - September 2, 2002
>
>       http://icfpcontest.cse.ogi.edu/
>
> There's a comment on dynamic languages - perhaps that's a hint for Ruby?
>
> Mikkel
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andreas Bogk" <andreas@andreas.org>
> Newsgroups:
> comp.lang.functional,comp.lang.ml,comp.lang.lisp,comp.lang.scheme
> Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 3:41 PM
> Subject: Re: ICFP 2002 Programming Contest
>
>
> > diatchki@cse.ogi.edu (Iavor Diatchki) writes:
> >
> > > Convinced your favorite programming language provides unbeatable
> > > productivity?  Convinced you and your friends are world-class
> programmers?
> >
> > The Dylan team was second last year, and we won official bragging
> > rights.[0]  The winner used Haskell, so we were the top scoring users of
> > a dynamic programming language.
> >
> > Results of last year are here:
> >
> >   http://cristal.inria.fr/ICFP2001/prog-contest/
> >
> > Our report is here:
> >
> >   http://www.hoult.org/~bruce/dylan-hackers.html
> >
> > It was really a lot of fun to participate, and we hope to see
> > challenging opponents this year.
> >
> > Andreas
> >
> > [0] ACM says: "Dylan is a fine programming tool for many applications."
> >
> > --
> > "In my eyes it is never a crime to steal knowledge. It is a good
> > theft. The pirate of knowledge is a good pirate."
> >                                                        (Michel Serres)
> >
>
>
>

I just requested that they add Ruby, just in case it may provide a good
implementation.

John.