Nikolay Nikolov schrieb: > On 08/16/2009 08:12 PM, Den Jean wrote: >> Hi, >> >> International Olympiad in Informatics >> allows only c++ and free pascal. >> >> Provided editors : ... lazarus ... >> >> http://www.ioi2009.org/index.jsp;jsessionid=F84941DF0A0EE4138BC2E44BA6DBE5EB?ln=2&id=361 >> >> >> > I was on the Host Technical Committee: > > http://www.ioi2009.org/index.jsp?id=408&ln=2 > > where I helped with the Pascal support (install & configuration of fpc > and lazarus on the contest linux distro, etc.).
Thank you for your work to promote FPC :) > I also did a Pascal to C > translation of one of the authors' solutions of one of the hardest tasks > in order to help determine the time limits for the task, so that it is > possible to score 100 points on the task with Pascal. Surprisingly, the > Pascal program ran exactly as fast as the C program (the difference was > really really minimal and it was slightly slower on some tests, but > slightly faster on others). > > And here's the kicker: the winner - Henadzi Karatkevich (who is only > 14-years old!!!) from Belarus used Pascal to solve the tasks! Not in the news though ;( > > http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/08/15/1523255/14-Year-Old-Wins-International-Programming-Contest?from=rss -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus