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[email protected] ("Joseph N. Hall")
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No, it's because the ACM competition is about solving problems constructively, not using built-in language features. Using Perl is like entering a moped in the Boston marathon. -joseph -- Joseph N. Hall, 5 Sigma Productions mailto:" <joseph> "@5sigma.com Author, Effective Perl Programming . . . . . http://www.effectiveperl.com Perl Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://www.perltraining.com On Thu, 20 Jan 2000 14:34:21 -0500 [email protected] (John Porter) wrote: * Nathan Torkington wrote: * > * > Oh man, I have started a monster! For the sake of historical * > accuracy, the full truth (discovered by someone else after I wrote the * > story up) is that Perl wasn't actually supposed to have been allowed * > in the first place. The competition was preparation for the ACM, * > which doesn't permit Perl, so instead of Perl being banned the * > following year, the rules were merely more accurately stated. * * Well then, why is Perl banned in the ACM competition? * Is it not because Perl is "Too Good"?