I completely agree with that!
On 15 Sep., 08:04, Nathaniel Tucker <[email protected]> wrote:
> I can see what you're saying about having a warning, but I have to say
> I think Google Code Jam is by far the best contest I've participated
> in with regards to having straightforward problems.
>
> I used to do topcoder before I met Python, and the problems would
> often be about whether I realized some weird edge case they craftily
> snuck into the problem, rather than finding an elegant solution, and
> with bad test data specifically designed to not have any coverage.
> I have found it to be quite different in Code Jam - the problems are
> straightforward and the edge-cases obvious from the problem
> description, furthermore the example cases are simple, yet effective
> at catching silly formatting errors, etc.
> Good job Google!
>
> On Sep 14, 12:42 am, Blub <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi there,
>
> > I really like this contest, well done Google! Unfortunately I did
> > not make enough points to advance to round 2.
>
> > What is the idea behind not being allowed to resubmit the large
> > problems, once the eight minutes are over? Is it to reject code
> > that runs for a longer time or to prevent in-depth (human)
> > analysis of the input files? I submitted a wrong solution for the
> > large problem of Round 1C 'All your Bases', and lost those 15
> > points for sure. Having the correct solution later on did not
> > help. (The final code I submitted for the small problem solves the
> > large problem as well).
>
> > Anyway, I was just stupid and probably too nervous. I mistakenly
> > though I solved the small problem correctly, when I still had a
> > small bug. Maybe it would be a good idea to issue a warning, when
> > you try to solve a large problem without successfully solving the
> > corresponding small problem first.
>
> > Cheers, -Blub
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