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IBM Cloud Challenge.by BrowserUk (Patriarch) |
on Jul 21, 2015 at 22:07 UTC ( [id://1135723]=perlmeditation: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
I just read about an IBM programming challenge to try and entice developers to IBMs Bluemix Cloud development environment. (Don't bother if you're outside the UK; or if you want to use Perl (it ain't supported :(); or if stupid sign-up processes that don't work annoy you; or ... ) What struck me was that the three programming tasks are, at least notionally, so trivial. It took me less than 5 minutes to write (working, but probably not best) solutions to all three. (Whether they would pass their test criteria I guess we'll probably never know) I was also struck by this part of the description: that you can put together a programme that can run within a time limit or on limited resources rather than just lashing together a hideous brute-force monstrosity. And that you can actually read the questions properly in the first place (a useful start, but one that's often forgotten). I think it would be interesting to see how the best Perlish solutions we can come up with compare with those other languages that get entered to the competition; when and if they are actually made public. So have at them. (Don't forget to add <spoiler></spoiler> tags around your attempts.) I'd post the questions here but I'm not sure it wouldn't be a problem copyright wise? I'll post my solutions here in a few days. With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
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I'm with torvalds on this Agile (and TDD) debunked I told'em LLVM was the way to go. But did they listen!
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