Further evidence that Python may be the best language forever

[Malcolm McCrimmon]

My company recently hosted a programming competition for schools across thecountry. One team made it to the finals using the Python client, one of the four default clients provided (I wrote it). Most of the other teams were using Java or C#. Guess which team won?

http://www.windward.net/codewar/2013_01/finals.html

 

[Michael Torrie]

My company recently hosted a programming competition for schools
across the country. One team made it to the finals using the Python
client, one of the four default clients provided (I wrote it). Most
of the other teams were using Java or C#. Guess which team won?

http://www.windward.net/codewar/2013_01/finals.html

What language was the web page hosted in? It comes up completely blank
for me.

 

[Stefan Behnel]

Michael Torrie, 29.01.2013 02:15:
We did a similar (although way smaller) contest once at a university. The
task was to write a network simulator. We had a C team, a Java team and a
Python team, four people each. The Java and C people knew their language,
the Python team just started learning it.

The C team ended up getting totally lost and failed. The Java team got most
things working ok and passed. The Python team got everything working, but
additionally implemented a web interface for the simulator that monitored
and visualised its current state. They said it helped them with debugging.

What language was the web page hosted in? It comes up completely blank
for me.

Yep, same here. Hidden behind a flash wall, it seems.

Stefan

 

[Michael Poeltl]

hi Stefan,

Michael Torrie, 29.01.2013 02:15:

We did a similar (although way smaller) contest once at a university. The
task was to write a network simulator. We had a C team, a Java team and a
Python team, four people each. The Java and C people knew their language,
the Python team just started learning it.

The C team ended up getting totally lost and failed. The Java team got most
things working ok and passed. The Python team got everything working, but
additionally implemented a web interface for the simulator that monitored
and visualised its current state. They said it helped them with debugging.

quite interesting!
I'd liked to see the code
is it available for 'download'?

thx
Michael

 

[Malcolm McCrimmon]

Sure! I don't think we've publicly posted the teams' implementations, but the original client code is all up here--http://www.windward.net/codewar/2013_01/windwardopolis.php

The issue with the original link may be if you're running Firefox--it's a Vimeo video, and I know they have some ongoing issues with Firefox that prevent their videos from displaying or playing back.

 

[Malcolm McCrimmon]

Sure! I don't think we've publicly posted the teams' implementations, but the original client code is all up here--http://www.windward.net/codewar/2013_01/windwardopolis.php

The issue with the original link may be if you're running Firefox--it's a Vimeo video, and I know they have some ongoing issues with Firefox that prevent their videos from displaying or playing back.