Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!batcomputer!munnari.oz.au!metro!extro!objtch From: objtch@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Peter Goodall) Newsgroups: comp.org.acm Subject: Re: Programming languages/different machines in contests Message-ID: Date: 16 May 91 07:19:52 GMT References: <6X3B-PB@xds13.ferranti.com> <1494@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> <1991May9.010805.21605@mcs.kent.edu> <1991May12.213538.1544@agate.berkeley.edu> Sender: news@metro.ucc.su.OZ.AU Organization: Sydney University Computing Service, Sydney, NSW, Australia Lines: 7 Nntp-Posting-Host: extro.ucc.su.oz.au Why not give the competitors one hour to set up the environment of their choice.I wouldn't touch pascal or c with the proverbial barge pole. So why should that be a handicap in a competition, if it isn't in producing applications. -- Peter Goodall - Smalltalk Systems Consultant - objtch@extro.ucc.su.oz.au ObjecTech Pty. Ltd. - Software Tools, Training, and Advice 162 Burns Bay Rd, LANE COVE, NSW, AUSTRALIA. - Phone/Fax: +61 2 418-7433