On 7/15/05, Brian Quinlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Brian> I've decided that it would be be fun to host a weekly Python > > Brian> programming contest. The focus will be on algorithms that require > > Brian> a bit of thought to design but not much code to implement. > > > > For some of us that's what we do day-in, day-out at work. It's just not > > called a contest. To make it more challenging, we sometimes leave out the > > "bit of thought" part. ;-) > > Hmmm...I find that I am rarely faced with challenging algorithmic > problems in my day-to-day work. I continuously face difficult design > decisions but that is a difficult sort of beast all together. > > This contest is for people who like thinking about algorithms. > > Cheers, > Brian > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
Questions: Will that random test generator (included in the download) be used to perform the actual testing? How many tests will be run on each program? What is the penalty for a wrong answer? Peace Bill Mill PS - check out http://www.sleepinginairports.net/ before you say you can't sleep in the airport :) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list