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Maybe for some, but for me I was very surprised that the top contestant would use Pascal and do so well. And when the journalist specifically lists total lines
by smharris65 16y ago
Maybe for some, but for me I was very surprised that the top contestant would use Pascal and do so well. And when the journalist specifically lists total lines of code in his article and makes it a point to differentiate the programming languages of the two contestants it was very interesting to me.
- colomon 16y agoBut the difference (at least in the example code shown) is entirely in the choice of algorithm. The better / shorter algorithm just happens to be in Pascal...
- thisrod 16y agoActually, both programs use the same algorithm, but they represent its flow of control very differently. The Pascal program could be written elegantly in any language.
- old-gregg 16y agoThat's because Pascal was predominant programming language used in Soviet academia in the 90s and in many schools that's still the case.