David H. Adler wrote: > If any of you have read The Perl Review > (http://www.perl.org/ThePerlReview/), you may have noticed, > buried in the back, a golf challenge. > > To make a long story short, we're looking for someone to be > our Master of Golf.
I have just read the first edition of The Perl Review (TPR) and am very impressed! I really hope this magazine achieves the success it deserves. I think fwp-ers are the logical choice for just about anything to do with golf. However, I am desperately trying to curtail my golfing activities due to protests from the home front, so would prefer to take a back-seat role on this one. I don't think a magazine alone is a good vehicle for running a golf game. No doubt, we will get some feedback on that from how the TPR first edition golf problem is received. I like the interactive nature of the fwp golf games with their periodic scoreboard updates. Moreover, I feel a tight test program is essential for a serious golf game because it clarifies the problem semantics better than English can. I suppose the TPR web site could have a test program to download, along with a current scoreboard, much like Ton's game at: http://a108.bauhuette.haw-hamburg.de/golf/challenge.html but that is quite a lot of work. It might even be possible to run jointly sanctioned events -- synchronizing TPR editions with the 4 fwp golf majors of the year, for instance. Any TPR prizes of T-shirts, caps, etc., of course, would be gratefully received (by Eugene;-). BTW, as a (lapsed) bridge player, I enjoy their "Hand of the Year" articles, and I am eager to write a similar article/s titled "Golf Play of the Year". Whether that is considered of broad enough appeal for a magazine like TPR, however, I don't know. Many other possible stories on Perl golf also spring to mind. /-\ndrew
