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From: Cesar Rabak <crabak@acm.org>
Subject: Re: ICFP2004 results are in
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 12:08:44 -0300
Date: 2004-09-22T12:08:44-03:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4151957C.3030800@acm.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Zr64d.5647$4j1.5066@trndny06

Hyman Rosen escreveu:
> Cesar Rabak wrote:
> 
>> This contest is geared towards functional languages (meaning dynamic�)
>> and rapid prototyping.
> 
> 
> Nevertheless, it attracted more entries in C++ than in any other language.

Yes this is a fact: C++ and Java, but see below.

> The problems tend to be ones that do not have clearly optimal solutions or
> approaches. 

Yes, as a lot of interesting problems in AI are.

> For the past two years, they have designed problems where the
> entries compete against each other to accomplish a goal. This makes for a
> rather objective competition. They also award subjective Judges' prizes.

I agree with the 'objective competition' and the "subjective Judges'".

This just rises my point as a question: Does anyone has pointers or 
experience on the use of Ada in lieu of 'Rapid Prototyping' languages 
and/or extreme Programming?

--
Cesar Rabak




  reply	other threads:[~2004-09-22 15:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-09-21 20:19 ICFP2004 results are in Martin Dowie
2004-09-22  0:15 ` Cesar Rabak
2004-09-22  3:37   ` Hyman Rosen
2004-09-22 15:08     ` Cesar Rabak [this message]
2004-09-22 15:14       ` Ed Falis
2004-09-22 17:30         ` Samuel Tardieu
2004-09-22 17:42           ` Ed Falis
2004-09-22 19:25             ` Samuel Tardieu
2004-09-22 19:31               ` Ed Falis
2004-09-22 23:32             ` Rod Chapman
2004-09-23  1:41               ` Ed Falis
2004-09-23  8:35                 ` Martin Krischik
2004-09-23 13:07                   ` Ed Falis
2004-09-22 23:13           ` Stephen Leake
2004-09-23  1:38             ` Ed Falis
2004-09-23 23:54               ` Stephen Leake
2004-09-23 14:15             ` Samuel Tardieu
2004-09-23 23:58               ` Stephen Leake
2004-09-24  1:33                 ` Ed Falis
2004-09-22 12:04 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2004-09-22 12:56   ` Martin Dowie
2004-09-22 19:50     ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2004-09-22 13:01   ` Marius Amado Alves
2004-09-22 14:02     ` Hyman Rosen
2004-09-22 21:19       ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2004-09-22 21:41         ` Hyman Rosen
2004-09-22 14:16     ` Martin Dowie
2004-09-22 14:29       ` stephane richard
     [not found] <20040921221021.CBB084C4140@lovelace.ada-france.org>
2004-10-02 12:27 ` Andrew
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