TopCoder still offers the "TopCoder Open" and "Single Round Matches", so that format is still alive. On the other hand, GCJ's new format is a refreshing one, giving us some diversity over a year's course. Moreover, I don't think more people would participate, currently there are about 6600 active contestants in TC algorithm competitions, and last year there were more than 10000 in the GCJ. Maybe because you are not bound to a small set of languages, there are participants who only know php, or python, or some other language TC doesn't support, and those who are always active in TC will participate in the GCJ either way.
Carlos Guía On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 10:11 AM, JGN <[email protected]> wrote: > 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%[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%[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%[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%[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]<google-code%[email protected]> > . > 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 at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en.
