On Dec 7, 2007 8:06 PM, Josiah Worcester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ------------------ > Brainfuck Golf > 1) Every week, the contestmaster SHALL announce a new task to be implemented > in Brainfuck. > > 2) A week after the announcement, the contestmaster SHALL select one program > which implements the task which is smaller than all other submitted programs. > The author of this program is awarded 1 point for each character that it is > less in size than the second-place program, up to the limit provided by the > rules of Agora. The contestmaster SHALL include all submitted programs in > the message where e awards these points. > > > 6) A contestant MAY submit a program either via the public fora or in a > private manner. >
I find this awkward to read in this order. Is there a particular reason why a description what the contestmaster SHALL do with the submitted programs occurs way before how programs get submitted is mentioned? Also, the proposed rules don't state that the winning program chosen by the contestmaster shall be a submitted program. It says the "contestmaster SHALL select one program" -- not submitted program -- "which...is shorter than all other submitted programs". Come to think of it, it requires it to be a working program shorter than all other submitted programs. If a player were to submit a 1-character program, it is highly unlikely to successfully implement the task, but no winning candidate could be shorter, so no winner. Perhaps it should be shorter than all other submitted programs which sucessfully implement the task.
