The Fifth Annual ICFP PROGRAMMING CONTEST August 30 - September 2, 2002 http://icfpcontest.cse.ogi.edu/ Convinced your favorite programming language provides unbeatable productivity? Convinced you and your friends are world-class programmers? If so, we're providing you the opportunity to prove it! We are pleased to announce the Fifth Annual ICFP Programming Contest to be held in conjunction with the 2002 International Conference on Functional Programming (ICFP 2002). All programmers are invited to enter the contest, either individually or in teams; we especially encourage students to enter. You may use any programming language (or combination of languages) to show your skill. On Friday, August 30, 2002 at 12:00 Noon (PDT), we will publish a challenge task on the Web site and by e-mail to registered participants. Teams will have until Monday, 02 September 2002, 12:00 Noon (PDT) (72 hours) to implement a program to perform this task and submit it to the contest judges. We've designed the contest for direct, head-to-head comparison of language technology and programming skill. We have a range of prizes for the winners: cash awards, special student prizes, and, of course, unlimited bragging rights. For more information about the contest, prizes, and registration, point your browser to: http://icfpcontest.cse.ogi.edu/ For more information about ICFP 2002, see: http://icfp2002.cs.brown.edu/ The organizers