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Casio Calculators / Re: UCF Summer Contest
« on: May 21, 2012, 06:43:07 am »
from cemetech:
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For this reason I shall leave editors and file managers in, but video/audio will be cut. All languages will be judged in the same categories, but with the following changes:
In portability, programs will be rated like normal, but the final score will have a multiplier added: *.3 for basic *.75 for lua and *1.0 for C/asm. Basic will also have a 2 point handicap in graphics, and 1 point in features. For the moment, there will be a 1 point handicap in features for lua, as there are few libraries. The rules will be updated accordingly.
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Quote from: KermMartianQuote from: AshbadIndeed, and perhaps combine all of the languages together, with a reasonable balance given by the judges between the languages to level the playing field between what's possible in BASIC and ASM/C.Quote from: KermMartianIf so, I think everyone will be a winner.
Completely true, considering that even today, there are not a huge number of Prizm developers. I would suggest narrowing this down to "utility", "educational", and "recreational".
Hmm... Maybe I could reduce the basic categories to 3D and educational, as those are the only ones where Basic is really feasible. I could also cut Music/Video, unless I get some more support for that.
A lot of the reason for this contest was to get new programs out for the 9860, prizm, and classpad that we don't have any of. For example, we don't really have any editors, shells, or on-calc languages for the prizm, or shells for the 9860. (I'm not sure about the state of the classpad).
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Quote from: #casiocalc
[15:09:11] <@ffisch> i think maybe we should leave them in. we know a lot of syscalls for 9860, so i think we will see quite a bit of activity in that area
[15:10:18] <@ffisch> it would be only the prizm that would have drawbacks in that category
For this reason I shall leave editors and file managers in, but video/audio will be cut. All languages will be judged in the same categories, but with the following changes:
In portability, programs will be rated like normal, but the final score will have a multiplier added: *.3 for basic *.75 for lua and *1.0 for C/asm. Basic will also have a 2 point handicap in graphics, and 1 point in features. For the moment, there will be a 1 point handicap in features for lua, as there are few libraries. The rules will be updated accordingly.