Programming League 2004/05

2005-06-05 00:08:16 The contest is over! by adrian
The contest has come to an end. I would like to thank all participants, and convey my congratulations for the top contestants, who are:

The prizes (books) and diplomas will be mailed shortly.

2005-05-24 09:29:18 Extended deadline by adrian
Due to the delay (for which we apologise), the deadline for submissions has been extended till Saturday, 2005-06-04. The final results of the league will be officially announced immediately afterwards (2005-06-05).

2005-04-29 00:21:55 End of problemset 9 by adrian
Problemset 9 of the Programming League has come to an end. The tasks from the next problemset will be put forward on 2005-05-01.

2005-04-14 02:20:14 Problemset 9 by adrian
All four problems forming problemset 9 (classical ZEBRA and WINDMILL, challenges BFORG and MGAME) have been added and will soon be ready for solving. The problemset deadline has been extended till April 28, 23:59. Good luck!

2005-04-02 01:06:20 End of problemset 8 by adrian
Problemset 8 of the Programming League is over. The next problemset (with a total of 4 tasks) will begin on 2005-04-03.

2005-03-30 02:11:30 Problemset 8 by adrian
Problemset 8 consists of 3 tasks, available for solving till April 1, 23:59 server time. Good luck!

2005-03-09 00:02:28 End of problemset 7 by adrian
Problemset 7 of the Programming League has come to an end. The tasks from the next problemset will be put forward on 2005-03-09 and 2005-03-10.

2005-03-04 13:15:57 Problemset 7 by adrian
Due to the nearing deadline, problemset 7 will only consist of the 4 problems put forward so far. Good luck problem-solving!

2005-02-11 00:13:47 End of problemset 6 by adrian
Problemset 6 of the Programming League is over. The next problemset will consist of five problems (3 challenges and 2 classical).

2005-01-26 09:38:39 Problemset 6 is ready by adrian
All tasks of problemset 6 are ready for solving. Please note that a slight change has been introduced in the text of problem OFBEAT (see the forum for particulars).

2005-01-21 00:05:13 End of problemset 5 by adrian
Problemset 5 of the Programming League has come to an end. Problemset 6 will consist of five problems, and will be put forward after the weekend (on 2005-01-24).

2005-01-09 01:48:32 Problemset 5 is ready by adrian
All four problems constituting problemset 5 (classical BLOCKS, WMELON, WATERWAY, and challenge DCODE) are ready for solving. Best of luck to everyone!

2005-01-03 04:07:49 Problemset 5 is under way by adrian
Problemset 5 has started with a slight delay for which I apologise.

2004-12-30 00:10:33 End of problemset 4 by adrian
Problemset 4 of the Programming League has come to an end. Problemset 5 will consist of 4 problems + additionally problem BLOCKS left over from last time (for double points now).
From problemset 5 onwards we are introducing a minor modification of rules: the number of solutions allowed per user, per problem has been increased from 100 to 256.

In the name of the organisers I would like to wish all contestants a Happy New Year and the best of luck in future problemsets!

2004-12-28 19:42:49 Problemset 4 extended by 24 hours by adrian
Due to a spell of site downtime today, we have decided to extend the deadline for submissions to problemset 4 by 24 hours (till: 2004-12-29 23:59:00 server time).
Problemset 5 will be made available on 2005-01-02.

2004-12-17 01:28:08 Problemset 4 is ready by adrian
All six problems from problemset 4 (classical HOLIDAY1, HOLIDAY2, BTOUR, BLOCKS, and challenges SANTA and CTQUINE) are ready for solving. Best of luck to all contestants!

2004-12-09 00:09:02 End of problemset 3 by adrian
Problemset 3 of the Programming League has come to an end. Problemset 4 will consist of 4 problems + additionally problem HOLIDAY1 and HOLIDAY2 (extended from the last problemset). Most of the new problems will appear before the weekend.

2004-12-07 14:18:30 HOLIDAY - important! by adrian
Due to a misunderstanding concerning the problem text, problem HOLIDAY will be extended to problemset 4. It will actually turn into two similar problems - "Act I" and "Act II". Since some of the solutions so far appear to refer to the first version of the problem, and others to the second, all solutions received so far will be copied to both these problems and rejudged.

2004-12-05 22:35:28 The deadline is near - final call :) by adrian
Solutions to problemset 3 may only be submitted until 2004-12-08 23:59:00 server time. Good luck!

2004-11-29 21:37:02 Problemset 3 is ready by adrian
All five problems from problemset 3 (classical JEWELS, HOLIDAY and CRYPTO4, and challenges BYTELE and BURNCITY) are ready for solving. We apologise for the slight delay, there are still 9 days to go till the end of the problemset. Good luck!

2004-11-17 00:20:54 End of problemset 2 by adrian
Problemset 2 of the Programming League has come to an end. Problemset 3 will consist of 5 problems + additionally problem JEWELS left over from last time (for double points now). The new problems will be added within a few days.

2004-11-15 23:03:53 The deadline is near - final call :) by adrian
Solutions to problemset 2 may only be submitted until 2004-11-16 23:59:00 server time. Good luck!

2004-11-07 00:17:38 Problemset 2 is ready by adrian
All 5 problems from problemset 2 have been added and are available for solving. We wish all contestants the best of luck, and invite everyone else to join the challenge before it is too late ;).

2004-11-03 01:20:44 Clarification of rules by adrian
With the kind assistance of Adrian Kuegel and Tomasz Czajka, contest rules have been somewhat clarified and simplified. It should soon be clear whether any further revision is necessary; if so, this will be probably be limited to technical or legal issues and not affect the nature of the contest.

2004-11-02 15:23:30 Contest ranks by adrian
Contest ranks are now available! They are kept up-to-date automatically (and synchronised every about 5 minutes). Please note that starting from problemset 2 no bonus is awarded for the fastest solution to a classical problem. We would be most grateful if you could report any bugs you might spot in the forum.

2004-10-28 04:31:39 New contest site by adrian
Welcome to the new, experimental DASM Programming League contest site. Please report major bugs in the forum (minor ones are too numerous to worry about ;).

2004-09-19 00:00:00 Welcome! by adrian
Welcome to the new edition of the DASM Programming League! The aim of the contest, the type of presented problems, and the contest prizes are the same as every year, but the rules are slightly different. For the first time, the league will be organised using the Sphere Online Judge (http://spoj.sphere.pl).