The programming competitions continue…

Posted on October 31st, 2006 by Sacha Chua

Didith Rodrigo's blog post about Ateneo's performance in the ACM Intercollegiate Programming Competition reminded me that the first-years I taught are in their fourth year now, and will soon face the Real World. I miss teaching...

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