Re: 256 byte contest

[bird@nwsrs.nw.att.com (J. L. Walters)]

In article <3nrpoc$sj@pith.uoregon.edu>,
Neil Parker <nparker@cie-2.uoregon.edu> wrote:
>In article <D7q71v.5n2@IRO.UMontreal.CA> guertinp@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Paul
>Guertin) writes:
>>Well, the contest is over now, and I must say I'm disappointed with
>>the result: I've received a grand total of --> ONE <-- entry, by
>>Christer Ericson <christer@cs.umu.se>.
>>
>>I wonder what was the problem. Was the 20-day period too short? Probably.
>>There's also the question of timing: I hadn't realized it, but we're now 
>>in the middle of final exams (at least here in Canada). This means less 
>>time to code.
>
>A couple of possible problems occur to me.
>
>     * Forgetfullness.  Once the contest was started, there were no further
>       notices about it until the end.  I had a couple of things I was
I did not see/read the first notice and none of the next 12 gillion
posts about it gave the "rules," so I tuned out. Not that I'd of had
anything to offer.

>     * Limited audience.  There are probably a lot more BASIC programmers
>       than machine-language programmers.  A two-liner contest, ala Beagle
>       Brothers or Nibble, would probably be more popular.

Yep. I provide one and two liner's to my Apple Club newsletter and they
are somewhat popular since anyone with an Apple can input and enjoy
them. Not true for assembler.

Kind Regards,

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