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Pointer Wars: Linked List Edition is Expanding!

The initial, ongoing, run of Pointer Wars was phenomenal. We received 34 contestants of all skill levels, and have seen some phenomenal code.

Now, my wife and I are expanding it more. We’ve changed it from a competition to a challenge, and participants starting on June 15th have through September 15th to complete four coding challenges, centered around a linked list and software that will use it.

Week 1 is mostly the implementation of a linked list. The other weeks will be tweaking and adding functionality to solve real world problems. Participants get a full code review and a performance review for each submission, including feedback on how to make things better. The code review is done as if it were being checked in to a professional repository.

We added a FREE version so that everyone can participate this time around.

Want to join us for a summer of wonderful C code? Express your interest on the Google Form here.

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Chris Feilbach
I’m a CPU architect with a passion for expanding people’s knowledge about lesser known areas of computation. I want software developers, especially you, to use the chips I make to make your software run as fast as possible.

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