On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Wed, 26 Nov 2008, comex wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Charles Reiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> I would prefer the source be available for a post-mortem. For source > >> submissions, probably the best scheme would be for people to send the > >> source to a discreet contestmaster. > > > > Concur. A dishonest contestmaster could just announce that his > > favorite program won. No reason not to give an honest one the source, > > and binaries can be disassembled anyway. > > Thirded. 75% of the fun is looking at algorithms that turned out to be > cleverer than mine. Indeed. Of course it's important that sources not be revealed while others are still scripting. But the interest behind this contest, in the end, is mainly in the post mortem. What worked and why? If we want a second round we can build on that, just like Axelrod and company did. BP