[LA.pm] Fonality Perl Golf Challenge - $$$

[Samy Kamkar]

Good call! It's been clarified on the site with a link to Wolfram 
MathWorld's description of Roman numerals.

Have fun!

ps: to answer your example, XIIII is not acceptable. The golf expects 
Roman numerals to be in short-hand, e.g., XIV. This is now defined on 
the page.

Jeff Yoak wrote:
> You really ought to define how Roman numerals work.  People generally 
> understand this to know that they'll have to read XIV, but you should 
> make it clear whether or not outputting XIIII is acceptable.
>
> I haven't taken a swing at golf in a while.  I may actually try this one.
>
> Cheers,
> Jeff
>
> At 07:47 PM 12/22/2006, Samy Kamkar wrote:
>> Fellow LAPMers,
>>
>> It's been quite a while since I've hosted a golf challenge, the last few
>> being LAPM Golf challenges. The previous challenges awarded winners with
>> O'Reilly books.
>>
>> I've now got the company I'm working with, Fonality (sponsor of
>> Trixbox), to host a Perl Golf challenge with cash prizes. Top prize is
>> $350, top 20 contestants win cash/gift cards/shirts.
>>
>> The contest begins December 22nd and runs through December 31st, 11:59
>> pm PST.
>>
>> All contest info can be found here: http://www.fonality.com/golf/
>>
>> Enjoy!
>>
>> -samy
>>
>> PS, we're always looking for perl developers! Shoot me an email if
>> you're interested!
>>
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