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Programming a Sport ? I didn't know that until today !!

I was amazed to look around and find that so many initiatives abound on the internet that aim at popularizing programming.

I got started at codechef.com, then watched an amazing inspirational video http://www.codechef.com/school

The getting started page launched me into a web of great resources - http://www.codechef.com/getting-started

Check every link !

I met two great heros of the sport in that great journey - 'tourist' and 'petr'

The latter is elder to me while the former is just 19 now. petr works for Google but is still a great force in the sport.

The ACM ICPC is like the olympics of programming where teams participate. Codechef's envision's the Indian team winning some day and the Go-for-Gold section is particularly geared towards that.

Codechef also has a school section. Mathewkuttan, Maxwell - what do you think ?

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