It has been exciting to be a part of these first three golf challenges hosted by 'The Perl Review'. I think we all have been pleasantly surprised at the turnout. Here's the numbers thus far:
TPR(0,0) Golfers: 82 Solutions: 203 TPR(0,1) Golfers: 132 Solutions: 588 TPR(0,2) Golfers: 128 Solutions: 687 When I first volunteered to write the column for TPR, I was wary when brian insisted that Jerome and I run contests *every* month. I didn't think there was enough demand to support that much golf. But apparently he knew what he was talking about: Perl Golf is a growing sport. It is incredible to now have two sponsors like ActiveState and O'Reilly providing prizes to our winners! Who would have thought *that* would ever happen? Following up on Jerome's earlier thread "About golf contests...", I agree that major Golf contests should not occur more than once a month. That said, we would like to open up the SourceForge instance of PGAS to other interested administrators for next month's contest. I know that Eugene has been planning a tournament for a while and I would be interested in hearing the status of that. I would also like to give Jerome a chance to play some golf again so next month he will not referee. Peter, the savior of TPR(0,2), can golf if he chooses or referee again. I, on the other hand, do not trust the PGAS code enough yet to let go completely. I would hate to start a tournament, only to have to be interrupted by some stupid bug in my code or have to mess with some data and "accidentally" see some of the solutions. Ideally next month, I won't play or referee, but instead just be the PGAS support guy and play with BoB when I have the time. The two most important items on my list for next month's PGAS upgrades are: * Golfer comments * Team category (with Leaderboard tweak) Other features that are on my list but do not seem to be as pressing so I probably won't get around to them this month: * New web-based referee interface * Golfer passwords OK, enough chatter, I need to go spend some time with my wife and kids. Congratulations Lars and Marko on your victories! Look for the official TPR(0,2) commentary in next month's issue of The Perl Review and please let Jerome and I know ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) if you are interested in administering TPR(0,4). --Dave
