Language Challenge 2000

[Tim Peters]

> bvoh at sdynamix.com wrote:
> : 		Language Challenge 2000
>
> [snip]
>
> : The overall winner will receive:
>
> : 	Compaq Visual Fortran V6.1 -- Professional Edition

[Thomas Hamelryck]
> This is a joke right? The winner receives a Fortran compiler????
> ROTFL!

Well, given the nature of the problem, it's likely that the winning entry
will be written in Fortran.  We could get some mixed publicity of our own by
offering a free Python download to the slowest entry!

those-numpy-folks-are-so-easy-to-provoke<wink>-ly y'rs  - tim