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!news2.google.com!news.glorb.com!news.netfront.net!not-for-mail From: wwilson Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: New ACM challenge is language-discriminatory Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:49:15 -0500 Organization: Netfront http://www.netfront.net Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.73.96.163 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: adenine.netfront.net 1261259381 78378 68.73.96.163 (19 Dec 2009 21:49:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@netfront.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:49:41 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Opera Mail/9.61 (Win32) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8460 Date: 2009-12-19T16:49:15-05:00 List-Id: On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:56:28 -0500, Stephen Leake wrote: > KarlNyberg writes: > >> On Dec 18, 6:26�am, Jean-Pierre Rosen wrote: >>> ACM has launched a new programming >>> challenge:http://queue.acm.org/icpc/index.cfm?page=faq >>> >>> 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? >>> -- >>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>> � � � � � �J-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. > > http://queue.acm.org/feedback.cfm ? or some thing more specific? > >> 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... :-) > > I sent a similar message. > I also sent a message that the choice of platform limits the entrants to a small subset of posssible ones and this will result in meaningless results. I didn't mention it in the message, but a lot of ACM members program in such "wierd" languages as Cobol, Perl, and so forth. In fact, one survey I saw ssaid that Visual Basic is still commonly used. -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/