I've seen lots of code-golf and code-challenge questions, and few code-bowling and code-curling ones that didn't go over so well. What types of puzzles are there? Why aren't we seeing them?
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1\$\begingroup\$ Remember that, on this site, all puzzle types need to have an objective primary winning criterion. This restricts the kinds of puzzles you can have here, but I think this restriction is a good thing, because people can simply optimise their code towards that criterion. \$\endgroup\$– Chris Jester-YoungFeb 21, 2013 at 7:03
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Rather than thinking of "programming puzzles" as a separate category my take has been that they are all puzzles.
answered Feb 21, 2013 at 19:22
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There's also king-of-the-hill. The problem with that kind of question is best summed up by Peter Taylor's comments on this answer.
