[CCC]Introdusing CCC

[Andy]

that made no sense whatsoever, and was completely out of context.. wth are you talking about?

[McKenzie]

Andy,
I don't buy the doom-and-gloom predictions. Ya, we had a bad year. Hey, we might have another. That by no means indicates that the glory days are over. I see a lot of bright up-and-commers. With the right encouragement they will be amazing.

[Aziz]

Andy wrote:

that made no sense whatsoever, and was completely out of context.. wth are you talking about?

Yeah, just forget it. It was late, and I was tired. Things make more (or less) sense at those times

[Andy]

McKenzie wrote:

Andy,
I don't buy the doom-and-gloom predictions. Ya, we had a bad year. Hey, we might have another. That by no means indicates that the glory days are over. I see a lot of bright up-and-commers. With the right encouragement they will be amazing.

Okay, maybe i sounded a bit too pessimistic, but i also heard that the school is trying to get rid of the enriched program while riverside is starting one? quite a few of the top achievers of my grade were from east windsor.. this could be bad news for massey

[MrHippo]

For Stage 1, does ANY language go? Including Python/Ruby and such less-academic (it seems) languages?

And if so, what happens to someone who's good at them but can't do any of the more professional ones?? Do they still get to go to stage 2?

Thanks in advance

-MrHippo

[Tony]

Any language your teacher is willing to run will do. Python/Ruby are very much academic... as in, they are both taught at the University level. Not sure what you could mean by "professional". non-LOLCAT I guess.

If you happen to be invited to Stage 2, you shouldn't really have a problem with picking up on one of the "regulation" languages used.

[MrHippo]

Well to make it clearer,
1) I don't have knowledge of the field so my vocabulary is quite off. I basically meant languages other than the ones you have to use for stage 2
2) Sweet, now I've got to start preparing... (I don't really hold illusions that I could easily get to stage 2 considering my lack of background, but that's my goal nonetheless )

[Tony]

Don't forget to take part in the upcoming rounds of DWITE -- it's there to give you practice for CCC.

[MrHippo]

Hehe I don't think anyone in my school is into Ruby =S
The comp. sci. students are all about Java and.. well.. that seems to be a problem =S It wouldn't make sense if a program was written in more than one language (considering it would be done on one computer) would it?

Or is it open to individual participants?
OR should I try to learn Java instead of Ruby (though the latter seems to be fun. No experience with former)?

-MrHippo

[Tony]

You could have a team of 1 person if you prefer. There are some teams like that actually.

Besides, the implementation could be in any language. You could still work out the algorithms and theory on paper, before someone implements it in Java... or have your teammates work it out, and let you quickly implement it in Ruby. There are 5 questions, you can use any supported language for any individual question.

[Nick]

well in a team there is one computer being programmed on so you could participate if it were in java by simply giving ideas (example creating a class for a reason) also ther could particapate aswell if you were to write in Ruby

[jimgao]

What would happen if I do both Junior and Senior? Do I get to choose which one I want them to count? Is it the one with higher mark, or the one you do first?

[Insectoid]

iirc, you can only do one of them. I wrote both, but my teacher only submitted the one I did best on.