On Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 3:30:20 PM UTC-5, MGH wrote: > > Though we no longer accept solutions in all programming languages, we have > > aimed to support the most popular programming languages used in past Code > > Jam contests, and we are continuously exploring opportunities to expand > > this list in the future. > > https://codejam.withgoogle.com/codejam/resources/faq#languages > > Dear Google, > > Please consider adding support for the programming language F# in future > Google Code Jam contests. To quote https://fsharp.org/ "F# is a mature, open > source, cross-platform, functional-first programming language. It empowers > users and organizations to tackle complex computing problems with simple, > maintainable and robust code." We also have a great and growing community! > https://hackernoon.com/reflecting-on-f-in-2017-5ac67fb138ff > > I love Google Code Jam. In 2010, it introduced a young maths student to the > wonderful world of algorithms; the t-shirt that I won I wore proudly until it > fell apart. Years later F# has made me fall in love with coding again. It > would be awesome to see a marriage of these two fantastic things. > > Yours faithfully > > Code Jam junkie and F# fan > > ps. If it helps, the details for > https://codejam.withgoogle.com/codejam/resources/faq#language-details would > be very similar to existing setup for C#: > > * version: F# 4.0.0 (package fsharp from > https://packages.debian.org/stretch/fsharp ) > * compilation step: fsharpc Solution.fs > * execution step: mono Solution.exe
Just to do a 1++ to MGH suggestion, F# is a very nice functional language and it would be great to have it as an option in Google Code Jam :-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Code Jam" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-code/921b7cf6-de54-4983-adec-165706a0a408%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
