En réponse à Piers Cawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > It might be nice to see a "Judge's Prize" for the solution that the > judge liked best. It doesn't even have to be the shortest. (It doesn't > even have to qualify, given how much "-p 11..&" tickled the judge this > time 'round)
Yes, the Judge's Prize could even be given to a not that short entry that was very creative or aesthetically (?) pleasant. > >> > 4. Hole Difficulty > > > nothing is too easy :) I think any task wich can be solved with > > regular, readable, non-tricky, few lines (screenpage?) solution will > > be ok > > Easy is definitely good. It might be nice to see one hole be a 'Take > this program and make it shorter' type challenge though. And that > could be something with reasonably complex behaviour... Yes, something like a short compressor/decompressor, or sorting routine. Something with a well-known algorithm : the judge writes (or take a standard) Perl implementation (with a test suite), and the golfers shorten it to death! The first steps are easy: remove comments, newlines, shorten all vars to one char. Then the competition really begins. -- Philippe BRUHAT - BooK When you run from your problem, you make it that much harder for good fortune to catch you, as well. (Moral from Groo The Wanderer #14 (Epic))
