On 9/18/06, Carl Drinkwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
