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While I understand the desire to not have public discussion during a competition, for me that ruins most of the fun. What I find most enjoyable is seeing how other people run with my ideas and how I can run with theirs. Public posting and discussion facilitates that.

However I can see why people who consider "winning" important wouldn't agree with me, so I will bow out of this.

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Re: Re (tilly) 2: TPR(0,1) Golf Tournament Begins!
by Juerd (Abbot) on Mar 02, 2002 at 17:02 UTC
    Golf is an individual sport: players hit the balls themselves, and others can't help the player with getting the ball into the hole.

    But... others CAN watch the player, imitate him, and learn from his moves. And I think we should encourage that.

    I also like to see other people use my ideas, and I don't care much for winning at all. Although I'm not a beginner in Perl, Perl Golf is quite new to me, and I have much to learn.

    I would like to post my entry over here :(
    (My current score is 72 strokes) 

    Lbh ebgngrq guvf grkg naq abj lbh pna ernq vg. Fb jung? :)   -- Whreq

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      <quotemeta> But... others CAN watch the player, imitate him, and learn from his moves. And I think we should encourage that. </quotemeta>

      Yes, but to keep it inidividually competitive, the watching, imitating and learning (which I highly recommend) must be done after the tournament by reading the post-mortem and discussing the solutions here or on Fun with Perl.

      --Dave

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        I would still prefer seeing the submissions real-time, and let the one who's smart enough to combine techniques being the "winner". Working together to get the ultimate golf is imho better.

        When the contest is over, of course I will read the golfs, but I don't think I'll enjoy it as much as when I read it while golfing on my own hole. It's like waiting for the other players to complete all 18 holes each before you can watch and it's your turn.

        A discussion of solutions is more effective when done while improvements can still be made. 

        Lbh ebgngrq guvf grkg naq abj lbh pna ernq vg. Fb jung? :)   -- Whreq

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