[Lazarus] IOI: Lazarus and Free Pascal

[Nikolay Nikolov]

On 08/16/2009 08:12 PM, Den Jean wrote:
> Hi,
>
> International Olympiad in Informatics
> allows only c++ and free pascal.
>
> Provided editors : ... lazarus ...
>
> http://www.ioi2009.org/index.jsp;jsessionid=F84941DF0A0EE4138BC2E44BA6DBE5EB?ln=2&id=361
>
>    
I was on the Host Technical Committee:

http://www.ioi2009.org/index.jsp?id=408&ln=2

where I helped with the Pascal support (install & configuration of fpc 
and lazarus on the contest linux distro, etc.). I also did a Pascal to C 
translation of one of the authors' solutions of one of the hardest tasks 
in order to help determine the time limits for the task, so that it is 
possible to score 100 points on the task with Pascal. Surprisingly, the 
Pascal program ran exactly as fast as the C program (the difference was 
really really minimal and it was slightly slower on some tests, but 
slightly faster on others).

And here's the kicker: the winner - Henadzi Karatkevich (who is only 
14-years old!!!) from Belarus used Pascal to solve the tasks!

http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/08/15/1523255/14-Year-Old-Wins-International-Programming-Contest?from=rss