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C++ Countdown with Jon Jagger

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C++ Countdown with Jon Jagger

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This is a fun session based on the popular UK game show Countdown [1] and its parody, 8 out of 10 cats does Countdown [2].

In the TV version contestants take turns picking 9 random vowels/consonants and finding the longest word in 30 seconds.

in this version contestants take turns picking 7 random C++ tokens from 5 categories: (keywords, identifiers, operators, punctuators, literals) and writing the shortest C++ program using all 7 tokens in 8 minutes.

More details about the game can be found here:

https://conference.accu.org/site/stories/2017/sessions.html#XACCUdoesCCountdown

[1] http://www.channel4.com/programmes/countdown

[2] http://www.channel4.com/programmes/8-out-of-10-cats-does-countdown

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