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		adestefan on May 11, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Important languages to learn to understand differe... My problem is trying to come up with ideas to use as practice. I could always do the same old thing over and over, but I'd rather find something that highlights the strength of a language.

dkersten on May 11, 2011 [–]

I like the book Programming Challenges[1] for this.

[1] http://www.programming-challenges.com/pg.php?page=index

lt on May 11, 2011 | [–]

Nice! Actual problem list:

http://uva.onlinejudge.org/index.php?option=com_onlinejudge&...

(not sure if they are the ones from the book, but they are linked from there)

dkersten on May 12, 2011 | | [–]

Oh good find. Yes, the ones in the Programming Challenges subdirectory are the exercises from the book.

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