I recommend getting an overall knowledge of both so you know what can be done in each of them. Then use the language you are most comfortable with by default.
But if for a particular problem, you believe the other language has a big enough advantage for you to use your non so favorite language, then use it just for that problem. But you shouldn't be reading about how a language works or what it offers during a contest, don't switch if you think you will spend more time reading about the language than solving the problem. Use your practice time to learn the other language, or several other languages for that matter. Carlos Guía On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 8:53 PM, Vexorian <[email protected]> wrote: > > This sounds like a false dichotomy. > > You can learn both. > > The STL is very nice for contents, though Java has its own good > things, I guess. > > On Sep 12, 9:18 pm, vicky <[email protected]> wrote: > > can i sacrifice to learn c++-stl for java? > > IS IT or are there very large number of advantages of using c++ stl > > that i can't ignore it > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
