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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: Contests (was Re: Yet another posting...:))
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Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
References: <GLENN.91May2094528@curie.ces.cwru.edu> <6X3B-PB@xds13.ferranti.com> <1991May9.124840.77@falcon.aamrl.wpafb.af.mil>
Date: Sun, 19 May 91 17:02:41 GMT

In article <1991May9.124840.77@falcon.aamrl.wpafb.af.mil> bkottmann@falcon.aamrl.wpafb.af.mil (Brett Kottmann) writes:
> > Perhaps these contests should use an unusual or unfamiliar language to
> > handicap everyone equally? I vote for BCPL (no, just kidding. Really.
> > I meant Forth. Hey! No hitting!).

> 	Seriously, though.  Do you really mean "standard" pascal, the one you
> can't do much of anything in?

No. Actualy if it were to be Pascal I'd choose UCSD, which is at least a
proper superset of the standard. No, I would recommend something like
Euclid or Eiffel. This would serve the dual purpose of avoiding any special
advantage to any particular side, and it'd expose people to new languages.

Actually, how about a different language for each problem? Then you could
really include oddball ones like Forth or Prolog.
-- 
Peter da Silva; Ferranti International Controls Corporation; +1 713 274 5180;
Sugar Land, TX  77487-5012;         `-_-' "Have you hugged your wolf, today?"
