D submission for c't programming contest gets special mention

[Nick B]

Vladimir -where exactly is your code ?

Nick B


Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
> Some time ago someone wrote to this newsgroup that the German magazine 
> c't was hosting a programming contest. I decided to participate using 
> the D language, and my submission got the 17th place. I could have done 
> a lot better, but due to poor time management on my behalf I left myself 
> only one week for the bulk of programming.
> 
> Today a friend of mine found the article in the magazine and scanned it 
> for me:
> 
> http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/1051/ctarticlepage1lq8.jpg
> http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/7448/ctarticlepage2kq8.jpg
> 
> I can't post an exact translation as I don't speak German myself, but I 
> was told that the editors found the unique behavior of my bot - flying 
> around the screen while narrowly dodging obstacles - quite amusing to 
> watch :)
> 
> The source code for the submissions can be downloaded here:
> http://www.heise.de/ct/creativ/08/02/ergebnisse/
>