Yes, I mean, I found it similar to SPOJ and UVA. In TC, if a competitor can't do better in coding phase, he normally get another chance to recover in challenge phase. I am not at all marketing TC here :) but just like TC Code Jam style was more interesting to me
On 4/20/10, Vexorian <[email protected]> wrote: > A large amount of those 10000+ used C++, Java, python or C#, the > languages offered in TC codejam. I don't think the other languages > really increased participation that much. I just wish go-hero would > have overall statistics because getting them individually for each > round is not that useful in this situation. > > I think data-driven format is annoying. Even more annoying than the > "submit source code manually" format in online judges > > On Apr 19, 8:33 pm, Carlos Guia <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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 >> 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. > > -- 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. 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