[Haskell-cafe] ICFP contest write-up

2009-07-20 Thread Rafael Gustavo da Cunha Pereira Pinto
For all Portuguese reading haskellers, I am describing my ICFP 2009 contest
write-up on my blog. Feel free to comment.

http://rafaelgcpp.blogspot.com/search/label/ICFP2009


For the non-Portuguese readers, Google translation tools do a lousy job, but
it is still readable.

Regards

Rafael Gustavo da Cunha Pereira Pinto
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Re: [Haskell-cafe] ICFP contest

2009-06-24 Thread Max Rabkin
I'm part of a fairly large team. I'm the only person on the team who's
done more than Project Euler problems in Haskell, so we'll probably
only use Haskell if there's a library or program that does exactly
what we need for some task. Likely we'll be using Perl and Python, and
C++ if there's any heavy lifting to be done.

--Max

2009/6/23 Rafael Gustavo da Cunha Pereira Pinto rafaelgcpp.li...@gmail.com:
 Hi,

 The good folks here are really quiet about the ICFP Contest. Is anyone
 participating this year?

 As in the previous four years, I will probably download the problem, take a
 look, and try for a while... Having a family don't allow me to go much
 further, especially when teaming up with myself!

 Best regards,


 Rafael Gustavo da Cunha Pereira Pinto


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Re: [Haskell-cafe] ICFP contest

2009-06-24 Thread Rafael Gustavo da Cunha Pereira Pinto
Last year I teamed up with a guy at work who had no knowledge of any
functional programming language whatsoever. Actually, his main dialect is
C++.

We ended up trying to use plain C++, but it took us almost 6 hours to put
network and string decoding routines to work. I gave up mainly because in
Python, Perl, or even Haskell, it would have taken me 15 minutes or so!

The main problem was not C++, it was the lack of a good application
framework and the time spent planning (efficient) data structures. Later we
figured out that Boost could have helped us, but neither one had enough
experience with the libraries to use it...

This year I will try to use Haskell, then Python, on a team all by myself. I
will also relax my objectives: instead of winning the contest, my goal will
be to complete the task before Xmas! :-D

Best regards



2009/6/24 Max Rabkin max.rab...@gmail.com

 I'm part of a fairly large team. I'm the only person on the team who's
 done more than Project Euler problems in Haskell, so we'll probably
 only use Haskell if there's a library or program that does exactly
 what we need for some task. Likely we'll be using Perl and Python, and
 C++ if there's any heavy lifting to be done.

 --Max

 2009/6/23 Rafael Gustavo da Cunha Pereira Pinto 
 rafaelgcpp.li...@gmail.com:
  Hi,
 
  The good folks here are really quiet about the ICFP Contest. Is anyone
  participating this year?
 
  As in the previous four years, I will probably download the problem, take
 a
  look, and try for a while... Having a family don't allow me to go much
  further, especially when teaming up with myself!
 
  Best regards,
 
 
  Rafael Gustavo da Cunha Pereira Pinto
 
 
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Electronic Engineer, MSc.
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[Haskell-cafe] ICFP contest

2009-06-23 Thread Rafael Gustavo da Cunha Pereira Pinto
Hi,

The good folks here are really quiet about the ICFP Contest. Is anyone
participating this year?

As in the previous four years, I will probably download the problem, take a
look, and try for a while... Having a family don't allow me to go much
further, especially when teaming up with myself!

Best regards,


Rafael Gustavo da Cunha Pereira Pinto
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Re: [Haskell-cafe] ICFP contest

2009-06-23 Thread Miguel Mitrofanov

Well, I can make a bit more concrete prediction.

I'll download the problem, take a look, try for a while, discover,  
that it's too hard to be cracked at once, and lose interest.


That sounds like a reason why I'm not participating.

On 23 Jun 2009, at 22:49, Rafael Gustavo da Cunha Pereira Pinto wrote:


Hi,

The good folks here are really quiet about the ICFP Contest. Is  
anyone participating this year?


As in the previous four years, I will probably download the problem,  
take a look, and try for a while... Having a family don't allow me  
to go much further, especially when teaming up with myself!


Best regards,


Rafael Gustavo da Cunha Pereira Pinto

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AW: [Haskell-cafe] ICFP contest

2009-06-23 Thread Nicu Ionita
Last year the problem was not too bad, but I failed because I didn't have a
working linux installation and the live cd started on my notebook in the
first day, but in the second no more (you had to deliver a linux binary).

Two years ago there was no need to deliver a binary, but I did not have any
idea how to start.

This year I'll try again (in Haskell, of course), but you're right, alone it
can be very hard.

Nicu Ionita


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 An: Rafael Gustavo da Cunha Pereira Pinto
 Cc: Haskell Café
 Betreff: Re: [Haskell-cafe] ICFP contest
 
 
 Well, I can make a bit more concrete prediction.
 
 I'll download the problem, take a look, try for a while, discover,  
 that it's too hard to be cracked at once, and lose interest.
 
 That sounds like a reason why I'm not participating.
 
 On 23 Jun 2009, at 22:49, Rafael Gustavo da Cunha Pereira Pinto wrote:
 
  Hi,
 
  The good folks here are really quiet about the ICFP Contest. Is
  anyone participating this year?
 
  As in the previous four years, I will probably download the problem,
  take a look, and try for a while... Having a family don't allow me  
  to go much further, especially when teaming up with myself!
 
  Best regards,
 
 
  Rafael Gustavo da Cunha Pereira Pinto
 
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