Perl online contest

mecrazycoder has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: Perl online contest by moritz (Cardinal) on Jul 27, 2009 at 14:07 UTC
Maybe Small Perl quests for a beginner? is of interest to you? Note that there's no rating system or so, all you compete with is yourself.	[reply]
Re: Perl online contest by MidLifeXis (Monsignor) on Jul 27, 2009 at 14:33 UTC
You may be able to cherry pick some problems from some old ACM contest questions. --MidLifeXis The tomes, scrolls etc are dusty because they reside in a dusty old house, not because they're unused. --hangon in this post	[reply]
Re: Perl online contest by CountZero (Bishop) on Jul 27, 2009 at 13:29 UTC
What kind of contest did you have in mind? CountZero A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James	[reply]
Re^2: Perl online contest by mecrazycoder (Sexton) on Jul 27, 2009 at 13:52 UTC
Contest must be of competition or having some practising problems.	[reply]
Re^3: Perl online contest by CountZero (Bishop) on Jul 27, 2009 at 19:48 UTC
Well, then the best contest is right in front of you: try to answers the questions asked here. If you do well you will get XP (eXperience Points) given to you by the other Monks. CountZero A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James	[reply]
Re: Perl online contest by Unforgiven (Hermit) on Jul 27, 2009 at 13:54 UTC
Well, there's Obfuscated Code right on this site, actually. Not sure what kind of contest you meant, but there's one without even having to use a search engine.	[reply]