Is anyone taking the Waterloo Computer Contest?

nis · **Posted:** Sat Jan 10, 2004 11:39 pm

I was just wondering if any one on this site was doing the contest.

shorthair · **Posted:** Sun Jan 11, 2004 12:09 am

yep i did the junior one last year and got 60 points , it was easy , im doing hte senior one this year its in febuary for anyone who want to know.

Boarder16 · **Posted:** Sun Jan 11, 2004 12:22 am

what is taht contest??? liek what do u have to do?

Tony · **Posted:** Sun Jan 11, 2004 1:25 am

you write programs to solve problems Rolling Eyes

well... in most of the cases atleast.

anyways, this should be in [contests] forum Confused

Homer_simpson · **Posted:** Sun Jan 11, 2004 2:36 am

how can u enter? and does it help u get into waterloo?

AsianSensation · **Posted:** Sun Jan 11, 2004 11:29 am

isn't that contest the CCC? and btw, topic moved to contest section.

nis · **Posted:** Sun Jan 11, 2004 1:40 pm

If you do well enough it could help you get into waterloo.

Dan · **Posted:** Sun Jan 11, 2004 11:25 pm

i will probly do it, and it is not need to get in to u of w it just can help your adimums avg. even if you get perrfitk on it i dont think it will ashure that you get in.

and a tip for any one new to this: DONT DO IT IN TURING. it messed me over with some things b/c of it's crapy max string leagnth or somting...

Andy · **Posted:** Mon Jan 12, 2004 8:01 am

if u dont take it, its harder for u to getin H2O-lu on the site, it said it was strongly recommended

AsianSensation · **Posted:** Mon Jan 12, 2004 10:25 am

so was half the math contest they sponsor, like the Euclid and whatnot.

Homer_simpson · **Posted:** Mon Jan 12, 2004 4:40 pm

how do u enter?

Dan · **Posted:** Mon Jan 12, 2004 4:54 pm

ur school has to be regsitred to write it and they ask for x num of tests. if they are not yet, i am not shure if there is much time left to sign up...

there is probly more info on it at the u of w site.

nis · **Posted:** Mon Jan 12, 2004 10:12 pm

If you want practice Questions they Got The Previous test questions and answers at the site. http://contest-cemc.uwaterloo.ca/ccc/index.html

Brightguy · **Posted:** Tue Jan 13, 2004 12:43 am

I didn't take it last year (I didn't really know about it and neither did my school), but I hope to this year.

What language are you guys writing it in? I guess my preference would be Visual Basic as I use it for the majority of my programming. (I assume they are still allowing Visual Basic, right?) Or I could always go back to Turing... and I know C++ basics as well but I haven't used it very often.

Tony · **Posted:** Tue Jan 13, 2004 9:02 am

Dan and I will be doing it in Java 8)

preaty much any programming language is allowed for stage 1 competition. Turing is not sujested because of it's limitations, but its simple syntax could be of an advantage for easier problems. Though last year a number of questions were simply not possible in Turing Confused

at the end - it's whatever language you're most comfortable with

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