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Subject: Re: ICFP2004 results are in
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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.
The problems tend to be ones that do not have clearly optimal solutions or
approaches. 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.