Programming Challenge 11 Results Posted

If there is a problem with a programming challenge entry I try and fix it. Not to make it run faster but just to make it compile and run. Usually this is only a problem for C and C++ programmers as most C# compilers are compatible. I gave up compiling entries with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 a few months back because it had a few incompatibilities with the likes of GCC, though over the years I've used VC++ 6, it has been extremely popular. I suspect that there must be a C compiler that accepts variable declarations after code judging by one of the entries this month!

Incompatibilities between different compiler writers is a reflection on the detail of the language specification. Both C and C++ have the odd dusty little area where the order of things isn't defined.

Anyway, thank you to everyone who entered and congrats to Chris Runyan with his scorchingly fast C++ entry. I'm ready for Challenge 12 entries!

• Link to Programming Challenge Eleven. Identify matching sets of cards
• Link to Programming Challenge Twelve Find the lowest cost route between ten points