A prize will be awarded for the best expedition logistics model. The award will be made on 24 September 2021, the 46th anniversary of the successful ascent.
90% of the prize pot will be donated to Community Action Nepal (CAN).
The remaining 10% will go to the winner – or to CAN, at the winner’s discretion.
Qualifying entries will
- be written in q
- received by Stephen Taylor before 2021.08.24 00:00 UTC
- produce a logistics plan for the expedition that puts two climbers and full supplies in Camp 6 by day 25
The winning entry will be picked by a panel, and judged on
- code volume
- semantic density (the proportion of named objects that correspond to entities in the problem domain)
- independence from parameter values
- aesthetics
- Rebecca Kelly, Evangelist, Kx Systems
- Nick Psaris, author of Q Tips and Fun Q
- Stephen Taylor, librarian, Kx Systems
As in real life, requirements change after work starts. The requirements will be frozen on 2021.06.24.
Anyone can donate to the prize pot and be listed as a donor. The pot currently stands at £350, donated by
- The British APL Association
- Optima Systems
- Stephen Taylor, author of the 1974 program