Programming Puzzles - Programming Challenge

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A high-energy format compresses five minutes of interaction into a rapid-fire C++ quiz that fires around 30 prompts across seven rounds (basic terms, data structures, systems, syntax, performance, databases, humor). Audience members shout answers to named concepts—recursion, pointers, binary tree, deadlock, big O—so the tool is live call-and-response rather than slides or code. The result is a fast recall exercise that mostly succeeds at warming up fundamentals, though the pace overwhelms slower respondents.

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1. 0:00Intro to Programming Puzzlers at ACCU 2025
2. 0:11Round 1: Basic Programming Terms
3. 0:26Round 2: Data Structures & Algorithms
4. 1:10Round 3: Systems & Architecture
5. 2:00Round 4: Syntax & Semantics
6. 2:32Round 5: Open Source and Performance
7. 2:55Round 6: Databases and Security
8. 3:51Round 7: Puns, Patterns, and Programming Humor
9. 4:41Final Round and Audience Wrap-up
10. 5:08Closing Remarks

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