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Google Employee

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Feb 7, 2002, 6:32:17 PM2/7/02
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Folks,

We're updating the contest rules to allow using Python for
submissions. The new contest rules are:

Google provides source code for the Programming Contest in C++. You
may also
choose to write your code in Java or Python, in which case you are
responsible for implementing any necessary interface code. Your
submission
must include a Makefile and README, and must compile on Linux 2.2 or
2.4
using g++ (for C++ code) or standard Sun tools (for Java code) or
Python
version 2.2.

We don't anticipate any further extensions to the set of accepted
programming languages.


The Google Team

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Feb 8, 2002, 3:34:32 AM2/8/02
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How about a trivial extension allowing C code compiled with gcc?
For those of us who dislike C++.

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Michel Lambert

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Feb 9, 2002, 4:15:36 AM2/9/02
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> We're updating the contest rules to allow using Python for
> submissions. The new contest rules are:

I'm curious as to why Perl is not allowed for this contest, but Python
is? Perl is quite mature, and it is in the same range as Python, Ruby,
etc.

Could I argue that my program is a simple c++ wrapper which utilizes
this 'perl' library which is open-source and available for you guys to
use. This c++ wrapper would pass along some included text to this
'perl' library which would handle it properly (ie, execute the perl
code).

It's legal according to the letter of the law, so is this okay?

Thanks,
Mike Lambert

Google Employee

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Feb 9, 2002, 2:17:19 PM2/9/02
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> How about a trivial extension allowing C code compiled with gcc?
> For those of us who dislike C++.
>

If g++ will compile it, then fine.

Sharon
Google, Inc.

sorlag

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Feb 9, 2002, 6:30:47 PM2/9/02
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why is delphi not alowed?

cya


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homes

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Feb 9, 2002, 7:07:46 PM2/9/02
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programmi...@google.com (Google Employee) wrote in message news:<257fd06c.02020...@posting.google.com>...

What's the fixation with g++? I want to say "gcc" in my Makefile.
g++ doesn't compile a lot of valid C code cleanly due to pedantic
issues with data types, e.g. unsigned char * vs char *, and handling
of void *. Trust me, I just tried it.

C is close enough to C++ that your evaluators will almost certainly
be able to understand C submissions. In my experience, C is more
readable than C++ in the first place, given the way many C++
programmers overload everything. If you allow C submissions, I
suspect the C submissions will be more readable on average than
the C++ submissions. (Try it and see)

So, I repeat my request: please extend the rules modestly to allow
C submissions compiled by gcc.

>
> Sharon
> Google, Inc.

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