From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,9a1fa8abd38d1b52 X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news1.google.com!postnews.google.com!g31g2000vbr.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: KarlNyberg Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: New ACM challenge is language-discriminatory Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:16:06 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.125.57.14 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1261170966 19159 127.0.0.1 (18 Dec 2009 21:16:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:16:06 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: g31g2000vbr.googlegroups.com; posting-host=24.125.57.14; posting-account=TpjGSQoAAADyZ3j7ukab-gYBiUeRSw8c User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091102 Firefox/3.5.5 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8430 Date: 2009-12-18T13:16:06-08:00 List-Id: On Dec 18, 6:26=A0am, Jean-Pierre Rosen wrote: > ACM has launched a new programming challenge:http://queue.acm.org/icpc/in= dex.cfm?page=3Dfaq > > However, the only languages allowed are C++, C# and Java. > I could understand reasons for having everyone compete with the same > language, but if more than one is allowed, it should be open to all > (including our favorite language, of course ;-) ). > > Is anyone on this list influential enough at ACM to address this issue, > or should we start a (mail) mass action? > -- > --------------------------------------------------------- > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0J-P. Rosen (ro...@adalog.fr) > Visit Adalog's web site athttp://www.adalog.fr There is a feedback page associated with the ACM Queue initiative. As a longtime ACM member (since 1978), I have used this feature to request justification for the limitation specified in the competition and the mechanisms necessary to remove it. Similar feedback is certainly welcome, I'm sure... :-) -- Karl --