Category Archives: challenges

A plea for help: Tell me what you want to see in my blog!

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Rod Stephens

I get remarkably little feedback from my blog. I track post views and know that I have 857 Twitter followers, but people rarely let me know if they particularly like or dislike a post. That makes it hard for me … Continue reading →

Posted in ADO.NET, algorithms, animation, API, challenges, combinatorics, controls, cryptography, curve fitting, database, extension methods, files, fonts, fractals, games, geometry, globalization, graphics, internationalization, LINQ, localization, mathematics, Office, phone, printing, reflection, registry, serialization, threading, transformations, user interface, Word, wpf, XAML, XML | 15 Comments

Langton’s Ant contest winners

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Rod Stephens

See Contest: Langton’s Ant Simulation for a description of the Langton’s Ant simulation and the contest. Click these links to download solutions by: Richard Moss Greg Ables Both are great solutions to a really interesting and challenging problem. If you … Continue reading →

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Contest: Langton’s Ant Simulation

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Rod Stephens

Prize: Fame and fortune! (Plus a free book from whatever I have in stock.) Due Date: March 15, 2011 The Science of Discworld talks about Langton’s Ant. The idea is a tiny ant is sitting in the middle of a … Continue reading →

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Challenge: Write a program that can display its own code in C#

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Rod Stephens

This is a programming puzzle. Write a program that can display its own code in a text box. This code should include everything in the Form1.cs file and doesn’t need to include any other code such as the code in … Continue reading →

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