Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU!mcs.kent.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu!glenn From: glenn@curie.ces.cwru.edu (Glenn Crocker) Newsgroups: comp.org.acm Subject: Re: Contests (was Re: Yet another posting...:)) Message-ID: Date: 3 May 91 16:38:13 GMT References: <91120.075856TAINT021@ysub.ysu.edu> Sender: news@usenet.ins.cwru.edu Organization: Case Western Reserve University Lines: 35 In-Reply-To: rang@cs.wisc.edu's message of 3 May 91 05:45:22 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: curie.ces.cwru.edu rang@cs.wisc.edu (Anton Rang) writes: This is definitely a problem. Of course, judging "objectively" can be difficult too. Even at the ACM nationals the way things are now, there have been a lot of problems involving ambiguous problem specifications and the like. (Well, actually I don't know about the past three or four years, but before then....) The nationals contest was beautiful last year. I had no problem with how the problems were stated or with how the contest was run. The regional contest I went to this year, however.... BTW, is anyone else upset that Turbo Pascal is commonly used at contests rather than Standard Pascal? :-/ Probably not. No. Turbo Pascal is standard Pascal. Live with it or don't use Pascal. (Sorry, a little bigotry here. I use C anyways.) Seriously, I can understand why people wouldn't want to use Turbo, but it is a very nice system. Is it actually possible to program in Standard Pascal, or do all Pascal compilers have hacks to make the language usable for real work? (i.e. assign(), reset(), etc.) Clearly, I don't know my Pascal standards (other than Turbo :-) very well. Question: I didn't go to nationals this year and was wondering whether they ended up using unix for the contest. They were talking about it at one point.... If they did use it, did they strip down the library so that it didn't include unixisms like popen? -- Glenn Crocker | Your milage may vary. glenn@ces.cwru.edu | Light bar not for occupant protection. CWRU, Cleveland, OH | Don't drive on frozen lakes. W (216)368-6133 H (216)754-1314 | Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.