[FWP] wanted: committee members for perl golf tournament

[Uri Guttman <uri@sysarch.com>]

well, i got the good news from gnat that my proposal for a perl golf
tournament at tpc4 has been accepted. he has already designated a TPC4 
overseer who is beating me to death with his wit and wisdom, damian
conway.

i am looking for a few good perl hackers to help in organizing this
contest. my goal is to make it truly fun and exciting for both
participants and audience members. damian and i are flaming each other
with ideas so this is not set in concrete. we will need many small perl
tasks/problems for use as the golf holes so even if you are not on the
this committee you can help out. i posted here first (and maybe the only
place) since this is a totally fun with perl idea.

here is a loose description of the structure i have envisioned:

there will be multiple teams (up to 10) with 1-4 players and a
designated captain.

each hole will be presented to all teams (and the audience on a big
screen) at one time. it will be a short perl problem which is to be
solved with the shortest perl code possible. there will be a time limit
(2-3 minutes) for each hole.

each team will submit one answer (probably on paper as getting multiple
computers set up correctly is problematical as demonstrated by the death
bowl last year) and the order of submissions will be recorded.

scoring per hole is done on 3 criteria.

1. 1 point if your answer is correct.

2. bonus points (3, 2, and 1) for the teams that return a working answer
   the soonest.

3. bonus points (also 3, 2 and 1) for the shortest working code (we may
   skip counting white space).

4. bonus points if you beat the judges shortest answer.

we will create a script that can take answer code, run it and test for
correct results and score based on shortness, and submitted order. this
will be run by a panel of judges who will type in answers. this is one
area i want strong help with. i don't want any glitches when this is
live.

there may be some extra bonus points on coolness and one hole may be
perl poetry where bonus points are added for the best poetry (working
answers only).

some holes may have restrictions or requirements such as you must use
splice or you can't use certain functions or keywords. consider them as
sandtraps or windmills. :)

some holes may have small bonus prizes awarded while the best total
scoring teams will get the bigger prizes.

on the big screens we will show scores per hole, total scores and some
of the selected answers as well as the best one the judges created.

there is more than this already thought out but i don't want to flood
the list with all of it. so if you are interested in helping design the
tournament, write hole problems, or help out in any way email me
directly. 

thanx,

uri

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