From: John Date: 2002-08-13T10:49:22+09:00 Subject: Re: ICFP programming contest "John" wrote in message news:F0159.10145$2k.792595@newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net... > "MikkelFJ" 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" > > 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. > > > They have added Ruby to the machine. Yaaaaay. Now to go to the first Portland Ruby User Group meeting. John.