From: ptkwt@... (Phil Tomson)
Date: 2004-04-28T10:14:04+09:00
Subject: Re: 2004 ICFP Programming Contest Announcement

In article <Pine.GSO.4.58.0404271444260.20204@red.seas.upenn.edu>,
Nate Foster  <jnfoster@seas.upenn.edu> wrote:
>Announcing...
>
>The Seventh Annual
>
>           ICFP PROGRAMMING CONTEST
>
>           4 June - 7 June 2004
>
>          http://icfpcontest.org/
>
>Convinced your favorite programming language provides unbeatable
>productivity?  Convinced you and your friends are world-class
>programmers?
>
>If so, we're providing you the opportunity to prove it!  We are
>pleased to announce the Seventh ICFP Programming Contest to be held in
>conjunction with the 2004 International Conference on Functional
>Programming (ICFP 2004).  All programmers are invited to enter the
>contest, either individually or in teams; we especially encourage
>students to enter.  You may use any programming language (or
>combination of languages) to show your skill.
>
>On Friday, 4 June 2004 at 12:00 Noon (EDT), we will publish a
>challenge task on the Web site and by e-mail to the contest mailing
>list.  Teams will have 72 hours until Monday, 7 June 2004, 12:00 Noon
>(EDT) to implement a program to perform this task and submit it to the
>contest judges.  

Couldn't they have waited until after the current academic quarter ends? 
(June 11 for me; I'd like to participate, but there's just no way... if 
only it were 1 week later. :)

Phil