I just read on slashdot about a programming contest: overview: http://cristal.inria.fr/ICFP2001/prog-contest/ task: http://cristal.inria.fr/ICFP2001/prog-contest/task.html Contest entrants will have exactly 3 days, from Thursday, July 26 beginning at 15:00 UTC through Sunday, July 29 at 15:00 UTC (see this table of local times) to complete the contest task. ("Lightning" entrants will have 1 day, until Friday, July 27 at 15:00 UTC.) Did any rubyists enter? -joe