On Friday 07 December 2007 21:05:50 Buddha Buck wrote: > On Dec 7, 2007 8:06 PM, Josiah Worcester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ------------------ > > Brainfuck Golf > > 1) Every week, the contestmaster SHALL announce a new task to be implemented > > in Brainfuck. > > > > 2) A week after the announcement, the contestmaster SHALL select one program > > which implements the task which is smaller than all other submitted programs. > > The author of this program is awarded 1 point for each character that it is > > less in size than the second-place program, up to the limit provided by the > > rules of Agora. The contestmaster SHALL include all submitted programs in > > the message where e awards these points. > > > > > > 6) A contestant MAY submit a program either via the public fora or in a > > private manner. > > > > I find this awkward to read in this order. Is there a particular > reason why a description what the contestmaster SHALL do with the > submitted programs occurs way before how programs get submitted is > mentioned? > > Also, the proposed rules don't state that the winning program chosen > by the contestmaster shall be a submitted program. It says the > "contestmaster SHALL select one program" -- not submitted program -- > "which...is shorter than all other submitted programs". Come to think > of it, it requires it to be a working program shorter than all other > submitted programs. If a player were to submit a 1-character program, > it is highly unlikely to successfully implement the task, but no > winning candidate could be shorter, so no winner. Perhaps it should > be shorter than all other submitted programs which sucessfully > implement the task. >
Clearly, my writing of this contract is, well, horrendous.
