Google Programming Contest
Brandon Gohsman
brandon at squareonedesign.com
Fri Feb 8 13:29:58 CST 2002
Truth is, I'm not a mage of power at much of anything. I'm more of a
Jack-of-all-trades and master-of-none.
That aside, you're right. I can't see any reason why it couldn't be
written in Perl and then put through a meat grinder.
Brandon Gohsman
Square One Design
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-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Poling [mailto:sdpoling at attbi.com]
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 12:29 PM
To: brandon at squareonedesign.com; bill_day at mcgraw-hill.com; 'Perl
Mongers'
Subject: RE: Google Programming Contest
I didn't see an exclusion of Perl qua Perl. Can't you take your
deathless Perl prose, run it through a transmogrifier that generates
(crufty) C++?
It doesn't violate the rules as I saw them written and it would let you
leverage Perl's strengths. I get the impression that Google isn't
looking for code-beauty, but for cool functionality. Ergo, if you do
something megacool in Perl, it'll compensate for the cruftiness of the
autogenerated C++. And besides, if you're a mage of power (and which
Perl programmer wouldn't claim that), you can easily port your Perl hax
into C++.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-grand-rapids-pm-announce at pm.org
> [mailto:owner-grand-rapids-pm-announce at pm.org] On Behalf Of
> Brandon Gohsman
> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 10:46 AM
> To: bill_day at mcgraw-hill.com; Perl Mongers
> Subject: RE: Google Programming Contest
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> Good point. I didn't read far enough to see the exclusion of Perl.
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> B at stards.
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> Brandon Gohsman
> Square One Design
> 560 5th Street NW, Suite 301
> Grand Rapids, MI 49504
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> F 616.774.8003
> E brandon at squareonedesign.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: bill_day at mcgraw-hill.com [mailto:bill_day at mcgraw-hill.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 9:59 AM
> To: brandon at squareonedesign.com
> Subject: Re: Google Programming Contest
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> I got excited when I first saw the announcement, then I read
> the rules which
> contain:
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> We provide source code in C++. You may also choose to write
> your code in Java or Python, in which case you are
> responsible for implementing any necessary interface code.
> Your submission must include a Makefile and README, and must
> compile on Linux 2.2 or 2.4 using g++ (for C++ code) or
> standard Sun tools (for Java code) or Python version 2.2. If
> your code depends on third-party packages, you must include
> a complete list of all packages, including exact version
> information and download URLs. Sorry, we cannot accept
> entries that require commercial software or other software
> that is not provided as open source or under GPL.
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> Notice the absence of Perl.
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> But having 900,00 web pages that you can download...just
> another day at the office ;-)
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> "Brandon Gohsman" <brandon at squareonedesign.com> on 02/08/2002
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> Please respond to brandon at squareonedesign.com
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> Happy Friday all,
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> Anyone want $10,000? Check out Google's First Annual programming
> contest:
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http://www.google.com/programming-contest/
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