This document will acquaint you with the competition: the rules, how to
write an agent, and what you need to do to enter.
-=== What is UCC::ProgComp? === Good question! The facetious answer is
-that it's the package whose documentation you are currently reading. The
-long answer is that it's a project of the University Computer Club
-(UCC), a student club affiliated with the Guild of Undergraduates at the
-University of Western Australia. UCC::ProgComp is designed to raise
-interest in programming and raise awareness of what UCC offers.
-
-=== Why should I enter? === For a number of reasons:
+=== What is UCC::ProgComp? ===
+
+Good question! The facetious answer is that it's the package whose
+documentation you are currently reading. The long answer is that it's a
+project of the University Computer Club (UCC), a student club affiliated
+with the Guild of Undergraduates at the University of Western Australia.
+UCC::ProgComp is designed to raise interest in programming and raise
+awareness of what UCC offers.
+
+=== Why should I enter? ===
+
+For a number of reasons:
- there are prizes.
- it's a low-risk opportunity to learn how to program or to practise
your programming. You don't need to be an expert to enter, and it's a
- To meet other computer-oriented people around UCC.
=== What's the basic premise? ===
+
Entry to the UCC::ProgComp 2010 is by writing an "agent".
Your agent spends its life in a dystopian RPS underworld, where at any
=== How do I win? ===
+
The object of the game is for the descendants of your agent to be the
dominant species.