Aside from 2006-2008, the ramp up of complex "fun" projects, nearly all the contests were the same optimization style, often maze-solving format. Off the top of my head I remember the ant colony, the Mars Rover, the Pacman type game, the mining maze.
The oldest one I remember was an html compressor.
The real downfall of icfp is that in the past 10 years, anyone talented enough to participate is no longer merely a student or professor, but can get a job at or create their own a
startup or big company or meaningful open source project of their own.
The oldest one I remember was an html compressor.
The real downfall of icfp is that in the past 10 years, anyone talented enough to participate is no longer merely a student or professor, but can get a job at or create their own a startup or big company or meaningful open source project of their own.