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excerpt: "Expanded rules for the SMUG programming contest: categories broken into professional and amateur, accepted languages, and program types including business, utility, game, and learning/handicapped. Restatement and clarification from the April announcement."
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# Programming Contest Details

Expanded rules for the SMUG programming contest: categories broken into professional and amateur, accepted languages, and program types including business, utility, game, and learning/handicapped. Restatement and clarification from the April announcement.