Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!nuchat!steve From: steve@nuchat.sccsi.com (Steve Nuchia) Newsgroups: comp.org.acm Subject: Re: Programming contests (was Re: Yet another posting...: ) Message-ID: <1991May11.185651.20462@nuchat.sccsi.com> Date: 11 May 91 18:56:51 GMT References: <9105020134.AA29577@enuxha.eas.asu.edu>> Distribution: na Organization: South Coast Computing Services, Inc. Houston Lines: 25 In article night@acm.rpi.edu writes: >contest itself is divided into 2 parts. The first part, each team >works on getting a minimally functional system running. At the >end of the first part, the programs are all submitted and copies >are made for each team. Each team then has say, a half hour to >sort through the programs and choose one (which can't be their own) >program which they will then try to add as many features as they can Sounds like a good idea, but I think there is a trap here. In particular, there is a disincentive to making the initial program easy to modify, easy to understand, etc. I would seriously consider having solutions done up beforehand: just one or a selection using different approaches/styles, so that the playing field is level for round two and there is no temptation to booby-trap one's submission for round one. -- Steve Nuchia South Coast Computing Services (713) 964-2462 "Innocence is a splendid thing, only it has the misfortune not to keep very well and to be easily misled." --- Immanuel Kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals -- Steve Nuchia South Coast Computing Services (713) 964-2462 "Innocence is a splendid thing, only it has the misfortune not to keep very well and to be easily misled." --- Immanuel Kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals