Re: [gcj] Re: Languages used

2010-05-10 Thread Jacob Lyles
I would suggest that you do not lift the restriction on non-free languages. If I ask a student to solve an algorithmic problem on a homework and he gives me a solution in a language for which I need a $500 compiler to run, his solution is worthless to me. This is especially true considering the vas

Re: [gcj] Discussion about Snapper Chain

2010-05-09 Thread Jacob Lyles
I think it is simplist to pretend the snaps are not snaps, but bits in an N-bit binary number. When you get to all 1s, it is on. On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 6:17 PM, Gustavo Pacianotto Gouveia wrote: > Yeah... the way to conclude the solution for me was a little diferrent to, > but it is always the s

Re: [gcj] Discussion about Snapper Chain

2010-05-09 Thread Jacob Lyles
In other words, you are counting by one in binary. When you count to 2^N - 1, it is on. On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Abizern wrote: > Here's a simple analysis: > Imagine 3 lights plugged into a wall at the right and the state is 1 if it > is on, and 0 if it is off. > so for each 'click' the st

Re: [gcj] Re: off topic.

2010-05-05 Thread Jacob Lyles
Sorry about that, I've attached it as an HTML file. On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 12:16 PM, nataraj subramanian wrote: > Wow! Nice. That was eye-opening. Tried to check out your project but > got a 404. Can you fix the link please? > > On May 3, 10:47 pm, Jacob Lyles wrote: >>

Re: [gcj] off topic.

2010-05-03 Thread Jacob Lyles
k option. But different people have > different learning styles. > > On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Jacob Lyles wrote: >> For the basics, don't learn from a book. Install an apache server >> running a Django site on a fresh Unix install and share administration &

Re: [gcj] off topic.

2010-05-03 Thread Jacob Lyles
For the basics, don't learn from a book. Install an apache server running a Django site on a fresh Unix install and share administration privileges with a friend. Then put a shared git repository on the machine that you and your friend can access through ssh. Then use that repository for version co

Re: [gcj] Question about this group's code of conduct

2010-04-30 Thread Jacob Lyles
This is a forum for people to post coding questions. So, your job postings would be considered spam. Being a spammer makes you a Bad Person, and is against the law in many places. In general, if your company can't recruit properly because it sucks, that doesn't give you the right to invade unrelat

Re: [gcj] Re: help! I am a newbie....

2010-04-28 Thread jacob . lyles
For a newbie, Kleinberg and Tardos's "Algorithm Design" is a gentle introduction to algorithms. I recommend Python as the first language for everyone as it is easy to learn and applicable to many problem areas, but it won't hurt if you go the Ruby or Perl route instead. You should go ahead

Re: [gcj] CV Submittion For Position Of Software Engg./Developer/Testing It is Potential CV

2010-04-27 Thread Jacob Lyles
It's not okay. He's being a spammer. It is never okay to be a spammer. On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 8:05 AM, Amit Agarwal wrote: > Its okay. May be he thought Google guys are also involved here in > discussion. He just gave it a try. > Shashank, this is not the place to apply for Google. Google has

Re: [gcj] Google!

2010-04-24 Thread Jacob Lyles
This list is turning into a Google job board. I thought it was going to be about code jam. On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 6:54 PM, Sattanaathan Ravi wrote: > yes they do... and i have been on the interview a couple of weeks back.but > Google expects the fresh grads to have internship experiences ... ie

Re: [gcj] Requirements in our company

2010-04-22 Thread Jacob Lyles
> hopes to recruit from this here list. > - Lev. > > > On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Jacob Lyles wrote: >> >> Quit spamming the list with your unrelated commercial messages. Just >> because your recruiting sucks doesn't give you the right to hijack >> u

Re: [gcj] Requirements in our company

2010-04-22 Thread Jacob Lyles
Quit spamming the list with your unrelated commercial messages. Just because your recruiting sucks doesn't give you the right to hijack unrelated lists out of desperation to recruit candidates. On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 12:46 AM, Rajesh Kumar wrote: > Hi! >  VeriSign is hiring. One can find the req

Re: [gcj] New in GCJ

2010-04-21 Thread Jacob Lyles
If you are coding in c/c++ I would recommend gcc on linux,or MinGW for > windows.I don't find any reason to use an IDE.A basic text editor and > command compiler is enough in my opinion. > > On 21 April 2010 00:35, Jacob Lyles wrote: >> >> Also, you are a little wrong

Re: [gcj] New in GCJ

2010-04-20 Thread Jacob Lyles
Also, you are a little wrong about your assumptions for which compiler you can use. You must use one of the many compilers that are available freely. You can not use a compiler that you paid for but which is not available freely. On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Jacob Lyles wrote: > What k

Re: [gcj] New in GCJ

2010-04-20 Thread Jacob Lyles
What kind of operating system are you using? A compiler for almost every programming language is available freely for almost every platform, but the way that you get them is different. If you are on linux, you should have access to gcc (for C) and g++ (for C++) through your OS package manager, as

Re: [gcj] about book for algorithm

2010-04-17 Thread Jacob Lyles
For C: http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Language-2nd-Brian-Kernighan/dp/0131103628 On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 8:24 PM, Mathias Grimm wrote: > And, what is the best C and C++ and book? > > > > On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Emanuel Masamune Tavares < > masaguard...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Data St

Re: [gcj] Re: Difference betwen Small and Large inputs

2010-04-17 Thread Jacob Lyles
I'm not sure what the rules are, but software is usually far more important than hardware when it comes to algorithm running times: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analysis_of_algorithms#Run-time_analysis There are some cases where an efficient algorithm will run in a few seconds on a standard lapto