[triangle.general] Internet programming contest

ola@duke.cs.duke.edu (Owen L. Astrachan) (10/19/90)

The first (to our knowledge) internet programming contest is shaping up
(see a previous article in comp.edu).  The contest will take place on
Tuesday, October 23 at 7:00 pm Eastern Time.  

Modeled after the ACM programming contest this contest is being
sponsored by the Duke University chapter of the ACM and is offered
solely for thrills and fun; no monetary awards will be made.

The list of schools that have signed up to participate so far includes:

Duke University, NC
University of Pennsylvania
??, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
University of Missouri, Rolla
Case Western Reserve University, OH
Florida International University
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
University of Virginia
University of Denver, CO
Emory University, GA
Georgia Tech
Armstrong State College, GA
University of Canterbury, New Zealand
University of Sydney, Australia
University of Alabama
Naval Postgraduate School, CA
Old Dominion University, VA
Bucknell University PA
St. Olaf College, MN
Merrimack College, ??

so that this contest has the potential to be truly worldwide.  We are
still accepting participants.  As a reminder:  the language is C, the
platform is UNIX (shell scripts are used to wrap programs for judging to
be sent to Duke), and the potential for fun is enormous.

If you are interested in having a team participate or need more
information please contact:

Dave Kotz (dfk@cs.duke.edu) or
Owen Astrachan (ola@cs.duke.edu)

Note that this contest is NOT limited to students or those in education.
People from all walks of life can participate.