[ANN] Code Golf Challenge : 1,000 Digits Of Pi

[Calvin Spealman]

On 9/18/06, Carl Drinkwater <carl at carldr.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Code Golf's 12th challenge has just been added to the site.  It asks you
> to calculate the first 1,000 digits of Pi - Something I'm sure most of
> you have thought about, but never done.  You can see the challenge at :
>
>    http://codegolf.com/1000-digits-of-pi
>
> For those who haven't heard of codegolf.com, it can be described as
> "allowing you to show off your code-fu by trying to solve coding
> problems using the least number of keystrokes."
>
> The site currently supports Perl, PHP, Python and Ruby with Scheme to
> (hopefully) follow soon.  Your entries are automatically executed and
> scored - No need to wait for someone to validate your code.
>
> Other challenges include implementing the Vigenere Cipher, Prime
> factors, SHA-256 Hashing as well as the obvious 99 Bottles Of Beer.  All
> of the challenges are competitive but there is still scope to well in
> them, even if you're new to the site.
>
> I hope some of you will find this interesting, and sorry for disturbing
> you if not!
>
> Have fun,
> Carl.

Just once, I would like to see a programming contest that was judged
on the quality of your code, not the number of bytes you managed to
incomprehensively hack it down to.