Re: $100.00 Programming Contest
- Posted by euman at bellsouth.net Mar 01, 2002
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hmmm, the hard one Will this text file have white spaces or is it compact Euman euman at bellsouth.net Q: Are we monetarily insane? A: YES ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Craig" <rds at RapidEuphoria.com> To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com> Subject: $100.00 Programming Contest > > At the request of an anonymous donor, > we are going to have an official Programming Contest, > with $100 of MicroEconomy money for prizes. > > I just posted the contest rules at: > > http://www.RapidEuphoria.com/contest.htm > > I expect there will be some questions and > some need of clarification. Let me know. > > In consultation with the donor, we decided > to have 3 separate contests, so that beginners > and intermediate programmers would have more of a chance > to win something. The assumption is that the Gurus, > for reasons of ego and greed, will all try to win the > prestigious $50 "hard" contest. > > The donor also wanted a contest that would not > exclude any platform (especially Linux), so the > problems to be solved do not require any special features, > GUI's etc. of any one platform. > > Have fun. The contest ends March 31. > > Regards, > Rob Craig > Rapid Deployment Software > http://www.RapidEuphoria.com > > > >