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CodeChef February '10 Algorithm Challenge
Event Details
Time: February 1, 2010 to February 11, 2010
Location: http://codechef.com/FEB10/
City/Town: Global
Website or Map: http://www.codechef.com
Event Type: online, coding, competition
Organized By: CodeChef
Latest Activity: Feb 1, 2010
Event Description
The CodeChef February Challenge begins on 1st February and will be on through 11th February.
Top 20 participants from India ill win cash prizes up to Rs.55k and now for the top 5 global participants will win cash worth up to $1100 as well!
If you haven't already signed up, log on to codechef.com and get cracking.
You can submit your solutions in over 35 programming languages including C/C++/C#, Java, Python, Ruby, Perl, PHP, Haskell, Pascal and more!
You can check out more details about the contest here: codechef.com/FEB10
Cheers,
The Chef
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Happy 10th year, JCertif!
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