Thanks, to BDS for putting on this contest. I really enjoyed participating. One thing it pointed out to me was areas that I have become pretty rusty. The second round questions were much more difficult. But I feel that had this contest taken place shortly after I had graduated, or while I was in school, I wouldn't have struggled so much in the 2nd round. I found it hard just to wrap my head around the problem on the fibs, where I ultimately failed. I struggled with the math and recursion, areas I didn't have problems with in school, but haven't used much professionally. It helped me think of things I should do to fine tune my skills a little more. I came across this the other day:
15 exercises for Learning a new Programming Language http://forums.programming-designs.com/viewtopic.php?pid=3482 I thought that some of these questions should probably be added to that list. I was wondering what sort of exercises do the pluggers do when learning a new language, or are just trying to keep their skills sharp? Dan -- I swear Power Point is going to be the downfall of higher education in western society. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
