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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!feeder.news-service.com!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!gegeweb.org!news.ecp.fr!oleane.net!oleane!hunter.axlog.fr!nobody From: Jean-Pierre Rosen Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: New ACM challenge is language-discriminatory Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:26:46 +0100 Organization: Adalog Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: mailhost.axlog.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: s1.news.oleane.net 1261138074 4696 195.25.228.57 (18 Dec 2009 12:07:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@oleane.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:07:54 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8414 Date: 2009-12-18T12:26:46+01:00 List-Id: 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 (rosen@adalog.fr) Visit Adalog's web site at http://www.adalog.fr