http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2005/02/10/win-fabulous-prizes.aspxI want to do a long -- potentially very long -- series of blog articles about the fundamental theoretical nature of formal computer languages, and the practical problems in producing compilers for them. To kick this off in a lighthearted way on a Fridayen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2005/02/10/win-fabulous-prizes.aspx#375550Thu, 17 Feb 2005 20:14:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:375550Eric LippertEric@Lippert.com, or use the &quot;Contact&quot; link in the upper right hand corner of the page. <br><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=375550" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2005/02/10/win-fabulous-prizes.aspx#375548Thu, 17 Feb 2005 20:11:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:375548Miles ArcherUh. Dumb question. Where do I email this to?<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=375548" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2005/02/10/win-fabulous-prizes.aspx#375485Thu, 17 Feb 2005 18:49:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:375485Eric LippertWatch it Don-Boy, or I'll start telling stories about Birds. :) <br><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=375485" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2005/02/10/win-fabulous-prizes.aspx#375466Thu, 17 Feb 2005 18:29:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:375466Donald BirdMore stories about monkeys!!!<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=375466" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2005/02/10/win-fabulous-prizes.aspx#374308Wed, 16 Feb 2005 12:40:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:374308Mat HallLike tekumse, I'm mostly here for the background... <br> <br>Even after trying them all out I'm at a loss to explain the whyness of most of it. I feel so inadequate! (Numbers 5 and 7 were the only ones I felt confident answering without &quot;cheating&quot;; I made some educated guesses with some of them (some of which were right, others not so much), but a good 50% of the questions have caused my brain to reboot.)<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=374308" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2005/02/10/win-fabulous-prizes.aspx#374050Wed, 16 Feb 2005 05:31:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:374050Jeff AtwoodYou must be thinking of Raymond Chen's blog. That guy scares me. <br> <br>But in a good way.<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=374050" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2005/02/10/win-fabulous-prizes.aspx#374019Wed, 16 Feb 2005 04:51:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:374019Eric LippertWhat, you're here for the relationship advice and stories about monkeys? <br> <br>You must be a very patient person!<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=374019" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2005/02/10/win-fabulous-prizes.aspx#374007Wed, 16 Feb 2005 04:24:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:374007tekumseI think you have vastly overestimated the geekness of your readers. I'm here for the human side. It didn't even occur to me try these let alone explain them.<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=374007" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2005/02/10/win-fabulous-prizes.aspx#373825Wed, 16 Feb 2005 00:24:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:373825Jeff AtwoodThat's why you make the big bucks. You get to answer these incredibly difficult, incredibly annoying questions-- and we get to sit back and bask in the glory of the completed product.<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=373825" width="1" height="1">