Announcing... The Seventh Annual ICFP PROGRAMMING CONTEST 4 June - 7 June 2004 http://icfpcontest.org/ Convinced your favorite programming language provides unbeatable productivity? Convinced you and your friends are world-class programmers? If so, we're providing you the opportunity to prove it! We are pleased to announce the Seventh ICFP Programming Contest to be held in conjunction with the 2004 International Conference on Functional Programming (ICFP 2004). All programmers are invited to enter the contest, either individually or in teams; we especially encourage students to enter. You may use any programming language (or combination of languages) to show your skill. On Friday, 4 June 2004 at 12:00 Noon (EDT), we will publish a challenge task on the Web site and by e-mail to the contest mailing list. Teams will have 72 hours until Monday, 7 June 2004, 12:00 Noon (EDT) to implement a program to perform this task and submit it to the contest judges. We have designed the contest for direct, head-to-head comparison of language technology and programming skill. We have a range of prizes including cash awards and, of course, unlimited bragging rights for the winners. For more information about the contest, prizes, and registration, point your browser to the contest website. - 2004 ICFP Contest Team http://icfpcontest.org/