Python Programming Contest
Bill Mill
bill.mill at gmail.com
Fri Jul 15 08:25:01 EDT 2005
On 7/15/05, Brian Quinlan <brian at sweetapp.com> wrote:
> skip at pobox.com wrote:
> > Brian> I've decided that it would be be fun to host a weekly Python
> > Brian> programming contest. The focus will be on algorithms that require
> > Brian> a bit of thought to design but not much code to implement.
> >
> > For some of us that's what we do day-in, day-out at work. It's just not
> > called a contest. To make it more challenging, we sometimes leave out the
> > "bit of thought" part. ;-)
>
> Hmmm...I find that I am rarely faced with challenging algorithmic
> problems in my day-to-day work. I continuously face difficult design
> decisions but that is a difficult sort of beast all together.
>
> This contest is for people who like thinking about algorithms.
>
> Cheers,
> Brian
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Questions:
Will that random test generator (included in the download) be used to
perform the actual testing? How many tests will be run on each
program?
What is the penalty for a wrong answer?
Peace
Bill Mill
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