Philippe 'BooK' Bruhat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Or, at a conference, the bag you are given when you arrive could have the
> rules of the golf course that'll run during the whole conference. Leaderboard
> updated hourly, and available machines for people to post their code
> (tested on the server, or something like that). One of the last events of
> the conference can be the post-mortem. But once again, the public can only
> see the leaderboard, and the test coverage ("X's latest entry passes 98/100
> tests").
>
> The post-mortem may include some last minute improvements, when the code
> becomes public and the top players can improve their code on stage.
> The public gets to watch the final sprint for victory.
So, the top five players all 'make the cut' and get to see all the
entries so far and have, say, half an hour to franticly attempt to
improve on the best solution...
--
Piers
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a language in
possession of a rich syntax must be in need of a rewrite."
-- Jane Austen?
