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I am currently working through these in my (very rare) spare time as a means of learning Rust. Forget project Euler or babby's first web server. This is an _ex

I am currently working through these in my (very rare) spare time as a means of learning Rust. Forget project Euler or babby's first web server. This is an _excellent_ way to learn a new language, to learn a huge amount about crypto, and it's a huge amount of fun to boot. I cannot recommend them enough.

shincert 10y ago
Out of curiosity, what is this "babby's first web server" you speak of?
- patio11 10y ago
  Babby is an Internet-speak corruption of "baby." It is common in the US for toys to advertise themselves as "baby's first $ITEM", such as "baby's first spatula" or "baby's first hammer." Thus, the project being discussed is a toy attempt at building a web server. This is a fairly common mid-sized project for learning a new language, as it implicates lots of the stdlib (file I/O, networking, etc), has a defined scope with lots of opportunity for flourishes, and is immediately showable.
- ajamesm 10y ago
  They need to do way instain HTTP. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2-GIM56RdU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2-GIM56RdU
RodericDay 10y ago
Project Euler is amazing, back off
- JshWright 10y ago
  They are, it's just the Cryptopals challenges are even more amazing.
- clentaminator 10y ago
  Project Euler has always seemed to be more about mathematical "tricks" than about imparting any kind of understanding of a computer science topic through a structured set of challenges. The only thing I found amazing was how little fun I have undertaking Project Euler challenges :^)
  - trungaczne 10y ago
    If you are looking for 'computer science topic' knowledge, I don't think you should search a site 1) geared heavily towards math and 2) seeks to challenge participants (unlike cryptopals, which provides a guide) in the first place.
    - clentaminator 10y ago
      That's a really good point actually. Perhaps Project Euler has a CS association where it doesn't really belong because it's often mentioned in CS/programming challenges threads, even if it's not intended to be the focus of the exercises.
- tripzilch 10y ago
  It is, but ... I'm at problem 44 or so in Euler[0] and only solved the first set of Cryptopals. But I'm just going to add here: Matasano Cryptopals challenges is amazing, back off ;-) [0] Honestly ... Say 'pandigital prime' again, I dare you, I double dare you motherfucker, say 'pandigital prime' one more goddamn time! Ahem
blacksmythe 10y ago
>> Forget project Euler I found Sphere Online Judge (http://www.spoj.com/problems/classical/ http://www.spoj.com/problems/classical/) problems to be much more challenging than project Euler.

shincert 10y ago

Out of curiosity, what is this "babby's first web server" you speak of?

patio11 10y ago
Babby is an Internet-speak corruption of "baby." It is common in the US for toys to advertise themselves as "baby's first $ITEM", such as "baby's first spatula" or "baby's first hammer." Thus, the project being discussed is a toy attempt at building a web server. This is a fairly common mid-sized project for learning a new language, as it implicates lots of the stdlib (file I/O, networking, etc), has a defined scope with lots of opportunity for flourishes, and is immediately showable.
ajamesm 10y ago
They need to do way instain HTTP. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2-GIM56RdU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2-GIM56RdU

RodericDay 10y ago

Project Euler is amazing, back off

JshWright 10y ago
They are, it's just the Cryptopals challenges are even more amazing.
clentaminator 10y ago
Project Euler has always seemed to be more about mathematical "tricks" than about imparting any kind of understanding of a computer science topic through a structured set of challenges. The only thing I found amazing was how little fun I have undertaking Project Euler challenges :^)
- trungaczne 10y ago
  If you are looking for 'computer science topic' knowledge, I don't think you should search a site 1) geared heavily towards math and 2) seeks to challenge participants (unlike cryptopals, which provides a guide) in the first place.
  - clentaminator 10y ago
    That's a really good point actually. Perhaps Project Euler has a CS association where it doesn't really belong because it's often mentioned in CS/programming challenges threads, even if it's not intended to be the focus of the exercises.
tripzilch 10y ago
It is, but ... I'm at problem 44 or so in Euler[0] and only solved the first set of Cryptopals. But I'm just going to add here: Matasano Cryptopals challenges is amazing, back off ;-) [0] Honestly ... Say 'pandigital prime' again, I dare you, I double dare you motherfucker, say 'pandigital prime' one more goddamn time! Ahem

blacksmythe 10y ago

>> Forget project Euler I found Sphere Online Judge (http://www.spoj.com/problems/classical/ http://www.spoj.com/problems/classical/) problems to be much more challenging than project Euler.