1. The contest operating system environment is Microsoft
Windows XP Professional (SP2 plus any additional patches available two weeks
before the contest.)
2. The programming languages will be C, C++, and JAVA.
3.
For judging and clarifications, we'll be using
PC^2 , Version 8.7 or
later. For the PC^2 user manual,
Click
here for PDF version or
here
for html version.
4.
For development in the contest, we will provide the gcc
compiler, g++ and gdb debugger from the
MinGW environment, and javac
and java from the Java Development Kit
Standard Edition Version
5.0 or later.
5. We
will provide the following IDEs:
a. Eclipse 3.2.1 or later
b. Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 (VC6)
c. NetBeans 6.1 or later
d. Code::Blocks 8.02 with GCC and GDB debugger from MinGW
6. Contestants who choose to use these IDEs must be aware,
however, that submitted code MUST compile correctly with gcc or with javac!
