There are less than 4 days until the start of the 2004 ICFP Programming Contest! The contest begins Friday (June 4) at 16:00 UTC and lasts for three days. It is open to anyone. We have a range of exciting prizes for the winners (pending final budget approval): * First prize: $1000, free conference registration for two student team members, and the satisfaction of hearing the judges proclaim your programming language "the programming tool of choice for discriminating hackers." * Second prize: $300, free conference registration for one student team member, and the consolation of hearing us proclaim your programming language "a fine programming tool for many applications." * Lightning prize: $100, and the joy of hearing us esteem your programming language as "very suitable for rapid prototyping." * Judges prize: $100, and the pleasure of hearing us call you a group of "extremely cool hackers." More details can be found on our website: http://icfpcontest.org/ and in the contest announcement appended to this message. So... "Oil the treadmill bearings and feed your squirrels; check the LN2 levels in the cooling dewars; limber up your hands and pop your ibuprofen; stock up on the French roast and double-check the grinder settings, because it'll all kick loose on [Friday]!" (Shivers & Feeley, 1st ICFP Contest) --PLClub University of Pennsylvania --- Forwarded Message --- We are pleased to announce The Seventh Annual ICFP PROGRAMMING CONTEST 4 June - 7 June 2004 http://icfpcontest.org 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 Seventh ICFP Programming Contest to be held in conjunction with the 2004 International Conference on Functional Programming (ICFP 2004). 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, 4 June 2004 at 16:00 UTC (12:00 noon EDT), we will publish a challenge task on the Web site and by e-mail to the contest mailing list. Teams will have 72 hours until Monday, 7 June 2004, 16:00 UTC (12:00 noon EDT) to implement a program to perform this task and submit it to the contest judges. We have designed the contest for direct, head-to-head comparison of language technology and programming skill. We have a range of prizes including cash awards and, of course, unlimited bragging rights for the winners. For more information about the contest, prizes, and registration, point your browser to the contest website: http://icfpcontest.org For more information about previous contests, see: http://icfpcontest.org/history.php -- 2004 Contest Team