# ICFP Programming Contest: Interest in Ruby team? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [July 4, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/icfp-programming-contest-interest-in-ruby-team/97058 "2006-07-04T17:00:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Maurice\_Codik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@Maurice\_Codik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Maurice_Codik)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/icfp-programming-contest-interest-in-ruby-team/97058/1 "2006-07-04T17:00:05Z")
Hey all, Last year, I was on the organizing committee for the International Conference on Functional Programming’s annual programming contest. We had 161 teams participate in the competition, which is supposed to crown the “best programming language” (the top 3 places last year were to Haskell and Dylan entries). Registration to this year’s contest opened yesterday, see here for the announcement on Lambda the Ultimate: [http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/1600](http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/1600) The contest will be held the weekend of July 21-24: Teams will be given a task to complete in whatever language they choose. The winners will get bragging rights, and a subsidized trip to the ICFP conference in Portland this September. This year’s theme will be “computational archaeolinguistics.” I think this is a great opportunity for us to show off this community and the awesomeness of the Ruby language. I’d be willing to help organize a “Team Ruby” entry if there is enough interest. If you are interested in participating, let me know. Maurice Links: This year’s contest page: [http://icfpcontest.org/index.shtml](http://icfpcontest.org/index.shtml) Last year’s contest page, with results and task, just as an example: [http://icfpc.plt-scheme.org/](http://icfpc.plt-scheme.org/) ---
**Author:** ![Maurice\_Codik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@Maurice\_Codik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Maurice_Codik)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/icfp-programming-contest-interest-in-ruby-team/97058/2 "2006-07-04T17:56:01Z")
On Jul 4, 2006, at 9:57 AM, Maurice Codik wrote: > I think this is a great opportunity for us to show off this > community and > the awesomeness of the Ruby language. I’d be willing to help > organize a > “Team Ruby” entry if there is enough interest. I have done this contest for years (last year with Ruby) and will compete again this year. It’s my favorite of all programming contests and I highly recommend it for those who love a good challenge. James Edward G. II D