I would guess that it refers to the fact that all the problems are data-processing ones, i.e. get input X, work your coding magic, produce output Y in the format specified by the rules.
On Apr 19, 9:30 am, Lev Neiman <[email protected]> wrote: > What do you guys mean by data driven? Do you mean the fact that you code a > function that solves just one particular case at a time? > - Lev. > > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 8:12 AM, Paul Smith <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > Indeed I like the data driven format and enjoy the CodeJam, but have > > never been particularly driven to participate at Topcoder. > > > Paul Smith > > > [email protected] > > > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 8:40 AM, Luke Pebody <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > Google decided to branch out from the topcoder format. I think, in making > > > their contests data-oriented, they have a fairly unique and interesting > > > landmark in the coding contest landscape. In that regard (not to mention > > > that they are now using their own Google Apps framework), I should think > > we > > > are unlikely to see Code Jam return to the TopCoder fold. > > > > On 19 Apr 2010, at 07:13, Qasim Zeeshan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > Back in 2005-06, I participated in a code jam that was hosted by > > TopCoder. > > > That was real fun because their process is really interesting. > > > Can we see code jam back on TC in the near future because I am sure that > > the > > > participation will be far more attractive in that case. > > > > -- > > > Qasim Zeeshan > > > PUCIT, PU Alumni '04 > > > Software Engineer > > > Confiz Solutions > > >http://qzeeshan.blogspot.com/ > > > > -- > > > 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]<google-code%2bunsubscr...@googlegr > > > oups.com> > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://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]<google-code%2bunsubscr...@googlegr > > > oups.com> > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://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]<google-code%2bunsubscr...@googlegr > > oups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://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 > 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.
