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08/03/05 12:55
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 		 #98750 - Issues with C challenges
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Steve M. Taylor said:
So if a problem can be solved BETTER with a different variant, or even in 'C' instead of asm, then it should be permitted. BETTER though has to be proved, with a statement of execution time or code-size or even algorithmic beauty.


Execution time or code-size on what compiler? With what optimization settings? I think that's one potential problem.

But if the problem (which is going to be the test challenge for beta-testing purposes) is to write a 32-bit variable right-shift, in 'C' that can be written as "VAR >= X" and you're done. It's entirely possible the compiler will produce some really tight code, but you really haven't demonstrated any ability and the person that really did the coding is the person that wrote the libraries at Keil or Raisonance or wherever.

Regards,
Craig Steiner


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Coding competition idea            01/01/70 00:00      
   YES!            01/01/70 00:00      
      That would be            01/01/70 00:00      
   In progress            01/01/70 00:00      
      I have a few, but            01/01/70 00:00      
         Last post            01/01/70 00:00      
            C-illiteracy            01/01/70 00:00      
               C-illiterate (non) anonymous            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Where can I get it?            01/01/70 00:00      
                     8051, AVR, (ARM ? ) and Rabbit            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Embedded Pascal et al            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Modula            01/01/70 00:00      
         same thing here            01/01/70 00:00      
         <10k, ???            01/01/70 00:00      
            not a html tag proble            01/01/70 00:00      
               Quote problem            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Escape sequence            01/01/70 00:00      
         Derivatives, languages, and voting            01/01/70 00:00      
         derivatives            01/01/70 00:00      
            Derivatives            01/01/70 00:00      
               this is it!            01/01/70 00:00      
                  I can't            01/01/70 00:00      
               Issues with C challenges            01/01/70 00:00      
                  an example            01/01/70 00:00      
                     I was wrong on both points            01/01/70 00:00      
                        answer            01/01/70 00:00      
                           actually I do not because ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                     puzzle?            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Wondering same thhong            01/01/70 00:00      
                           1) no it is not the weekly puzzle, that            01/01/70 00:00      
                              depends on usage            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 yes, but not forever            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    wait forever            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       Behave people.            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          That's the good thing            01/01/70 00:00      
                     C challenges            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Hardware problems            01/01/70 00:00      
                  the answer is what gets "marked"            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Null points...            01/01/70 00:00      

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