Programming Contest

[Michael G Schwern]

On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 10:17:19AM +0000, Scott McWhirter wrote:
> just thought i'd tell you google are running a programming contest. The 
> info is at use perl.

Its C++, Java, and after some debate, Python only.  They've specificly
said: No Perl.  No Lisp.  Because obviously Perl and Lisp are no good
at munging large amounts of formatted text. [1]

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=google.public.programming-contest&selm=257fd06c.0202071532.14b1997b%40posting.google.com

> Also: GOLF
> Convert lowercase alphanumeric text to uppercase without the use of uc() or 
> substitutions.

$foo=join"",map chr ord($_)-32,split//,$foo;


[1] I think the real reason why is because Google uses C++, Java and
Python in-house.  But they're stubbornly refusing to explain
their choices, so that's just speculation.

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