FP Complete Launches Haskell in Real World Competition with $1,000 Cash Prize Each Month

I’m very excited to announce our Haskell in Real World contest:

a call out for sample Haskell code and tutorials of real-world

engineering and business solutions. Each entry consists of a

working solution to an applied problem, plus accompanying tutorial

material to teach others how to build similar programs.

The winning entry each month will get $1,000 cash prize. There

may be multiple prizes each month or none at all if none meet the

winning criteria. There are no limits on how many prizes each

individual, team or group can win in any month or the duration of

the contest. In other words, you can make some serious play money

here! Anyone not affiliated with FP Complete is eligible to

enter.

Why are we doing this? Simple: because the Haskell community

needs to vastly expand for Haskell to become a mainstream language.

To do this we must show people how to use this amazing language in

solving real-world business problems. People tell us they need to

see running and documented examples of real-world problems and

solutions, so they can quickly see how to design their own working

solutions. They also want material to show their colleagues and

bosses just how useful Haskell is today. In essence this contest

intends to compile recipes which, taken together, could be seen as

an applied Haskell cookbook.

The competition starts in July. Official Rules and sign-ups will

be published on our website www.fpcomplete.com at the end of June /

early July. So check back then and let the games begin!