> On Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 2:29:05 PM UTC-4, Amit Attia wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm new to competitive programming, currently at GCJ round 2. I program > > using python, but familier with cpp from university course. I want to > > switch, but I don't feel like my cpp skills are flexible enough for > > competitive pragramming. Any tips for doing the switch? > > > > Another question: In order to use cpp I need to compile and run the data > > sets, in which environment and how contestants do it fast? Using an ide and > > creating a new project for each solution sounds like a time waster. > > > > Thenx in advance, > > Amit. > > Why do you want to switch? Python is great for competitive programming!
+1, Python is a great language for competitive programming, especially for Codejam. Most OJs have very tight runtime limit (e.g. 1s for C++ and 2s for Java) and therefore C++ is usually preferred because it runs much faster than other language (may not be true at all!) Codejam provides much flexible runtime (4 min for small dataset and 8 min for large dataset, download/upload time included) and the runtime of a correct implementation will be mostly within 10 seconds. There is no need to switch to one particular programming language that has Fast runtime but stick to some programming language that make you comfortable. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Code Jam" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to google-code+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to google-code@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-code/c88af6ca-def0-4dbd-beea-daa8de8c12d9%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
