Harlequin Standard ML Programming competition
Harlequin would like to announce the start of an open competition for
Standard ML Programming with the aim of discovering some of the best
examples of the power, elegance, and usefulness of ML as a language for
commercial application development.
Harlequin will publish and distribute these examples to help promote the
use of SML as a programming language in industry and commerce.
A panel of experts, including a well-known author will judge the
competition, and the winners will be those judged to be the best examples
from the entries submitted.
All entries should be submitted to ·······@harlequin.co.uk by 15:00 GMT on
September 30th 1997
The results and winners will be announced by a message posted on the 30th
November 1997 to the comp.lang.ml newsgroup.
The prizes will be:
1st Prize: $500, *
1 copy of MLWorks for any one supported platform,
1 copy of standard SML text book.
2nd Prize: $200 *,
1 copy of MLWorks for PC,
1 copy of standard SML text book.
3rd Prize: $100*,
1 copy of standard SML text book.
Runners-up: (Up to six).
$50 *,
1 copy of standard SML text book.
(* Winners are responsible for all taxes)
Rules:
1. Please send SML Code examples as email text files.
2. Please include contact details and explanatory description.
3. Each entry must be no more than 5000 lines of STANDARD ML.
4. Up to 3 entries may be sent from each contestant.
5. By entering the contest, the contestant transfers copyright in all
submissions to Harlequin.
6. Moral rights will be acknowledged in all published examples.
7. The decisions of the panel are final.
8. Harlequin employees are not permitted to enter the competition.
Chris Cox
······@harlequin.co.uk
MLWorks
Product Marketing Tel: (01954) 785484
Harlequin Ltd Fax: (01954) 785444
Longstanton House
Woodside
Longstanton
Cambridge
CB4 5BU
www.harlequin.co.uk