/prog/ Challenge -- Hydrocarbons [Heroic]

The challenge: Develop a program that takes in the notation of a hydrocarbon in standard form, and outputs a correct ball-and-stick graphical representation of that hydrocarbon.

The Deadline: 2010-08-30 20:00

Your implementation will be judged based on the following guidelines:


1. Accuracy
2. Consistency
3. Run time
4. Clarity of output
5. Code readability
6. Overall functionality


Good Luck!

>>34
You're an idiot if you dismiss people for not knowing chemistry. It's not compulsory in the country I was educated in, so I didn't take it.

If the chemistry is as simple as claimed, I'm sure it's not too much to ask that you reproduce the production rules here for brevity. If it is not, I have little interest in reading a book or researching something which is of little practical use to me to participate in what should be a programming challenge. Perhaps this thread should be relocated to /sci/?