Is the programming contest too hard?

[Saber Cherry]

None of those are things that could be done without the source code, and thus, are not valid for a contest...

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by Saber Cherry:
None of those are things that could be done without the source code, and thus, are not valid for a contest...

So the contest will be in assembly, then.

[Leif_-]

Originally posted by Norfleet:
So the contest will be in assembly, then.

Bah. Real Programmers write in machine code! http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/mel.html

I vote that we hold the programming contest in either PostScript or Algol 58.

[PhilD]

Originally posted by Leif_-:

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Originally posted by Norfleet:
So the contest will be in assembly, then.

Bah. Real Programmers write in machine code! http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/mel.html

I vote that we hold the programming contest in either PostScript or Algol 58.

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My vote goes to MIX

[Leif_-]

Originally posted by PhilD:
My vote goes to MIX

Well, I just unpacked a package from Amazon with my own copy of Knuth's, so sure! (Alas, I was only able to buy the three first volumes, and my loan request for the fourth volume to the Mischatonic University Library was denied. Some nonsense reason about "endangering my soul and sanity" or something.)

[E. Albright]

Well, if Miskatonic U's library is giving you short shrift, I suppose you'll have to wait 'til 2007 for volumes 4A, 4B, and 4C. Just like the rest of us mortals.

Though frankly, I want volumes 6 and 7.

Oh, and my vote's for Lisp.

[ March 04, 2004, 16:16: Message edited by: E. Albright ]

[Leif_-]

Originally posted by E. Albright:
Well, if Miskatonic U's library is giving you short shrift, I suppose you'll have to wait 'til 2007 for volumes 4A, 4B, and 4C. Just like the rest of us mortals.

Oh, and my vote's for Lisp.

Actually, I managed to hack into Illwinter's top secret development machine (both the user-name and password was "TopGod") and download the source-code to Dominions II - and it turns out that it's actualy written in Lisp! Who would have thunk it?

To prove my claim, here is the Last five lines of the source-code:

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[ March 04, 2004, 16:20: Message edited by: Leif_- ]