I think that this contest is not about fast machines but about making efficient code. Generally it's not problem to create an input that will take ages to solve on bright new hw if you have bad algorithm. And you can be sure that they know it and they will make such input data :-).
On the other hand I believe that for every problem in this contest there is a solution, that finishes in seconds on any cpu faster than say 0.5Ghz. I have quite old ntb and I had no problems with the speed. On May 10, 5:29 am, tonka <[email protected]> wrote: > hi, this is a general question to all coding fans...for running > programs fairly fast what kind of computer should one use? what should > be the minimum processor and memory requirement? i am currently using > 1gb of ram but i am planning on increasing this. is this going to help > solving problems faster esp. for the large input files or should i go > for processor upgrade?( i am currently using core2duo) > thanks in advance. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "google-codejam" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "google-codejam" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en.
