Thanks samy for your very clear explanation On 8/11/09, Sami <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey Ronaldo, > > It depends on the algorithm that you've written. If you didn't use an > efficient algorithm, you might get stack overflow or waiting for the > answer for hours. > For example, if you used brute-force algorithm to solve the small > input set, there is a big chance that it won't work on the large input > set. (you'll wait forever to get the answer).If you used recursion, > you'll get stack overflow > On the other hand, the large input file contains extreme cases that > you cannot solve using direct methods (such as multiplications, square > root) because the primitive types used have limits. if you try solving > the "numbers" problem in code jam 2008, you will get negative answers. > Here, you have to use some mathematical manipulations to get the > correct answer. > > I hope I managed to help > > Sami > > > >
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