In last year's finals, there were 77 C++ soutions, _37_ Java solutions, and 1 solution in Python by a Code Jammer who switched to C+ + to solve the harder problems.
Corrected. Brian Watkins wrote: > Officially there is no requirement to use any particular language, so > long as a free compiler/interpreter is available or Microsoft makes > it. > > During the contest you will find there are problems that suffer badly > from the 100x slowdown that languages like Perl, Ruby, Python, and > Javascript suffer compared to C++, Java, and C-octothorpe in certain > kinds of code. Flexible objects like associative arrays and lists > that have to be garbage collected slow you down and modern scripting > languages require you to implicitly allocate or expand those objects > in your inner loops to program idiomatically. If your inner loop is > running fifty million iterations on each test case, you're going to > bog down and not meet the time limit. > > There's also the matter of the 3x slowdown in integer math that even > Java and C-tic-tac-toe have against C++ but that's almost never enough > to hurt. You get better bounds checking and memory management in the > deal so lots of programmers think the trade is worth it. The > disadvantage only applies to a few operations and it's nothing like > the 100x penalty I mentioned in the last paragraph. > > Some Common Lisp engines are very efficient by caching objects that > get dynamically allocated often (cons cells) and therefore can compete > with C++, Java, and C-pound on performance even with the dynamic > features of scripting languages. Ruby, Javascript, Python, and Perl > so far lack sophisticated runtimes. But it is proven that such > quality interpreters are possible. (Haskell may be doing caching too, > but I'm not smart enough to learn Haskell so I can't tell.) > > In last year's finals, there were 77 C++ soutions, 3 Java solutions, > and 1 solution in Python by a Code Jammer who switched to C++ to solve > the harder problems. > > Therefore I commend Java, C++, and C-number-sign as your best bets for > Code Jam. Try Haskell or Common Lisp if you're some kind of brainiac > who wants to show off more than win. But don't pin your hopes on > Ruby, Javascript, Perl, and Python. > > -Brian > > Amit Agarwal wrote: > > I see most of the people choosing between C/C++/Java. > > Any one out here who is going with Javascript? Its very easy to > > program in it and loosly typed. So not to worry about choosing proper > > data type. Though I am not completely aware of how does it handle > > basic data structures. For ex. array elements don't have to be of one > > type. You can push anything to an array...so I am not sure how does > > it get me arr[5] in constant time. Secondly, I don't get to have fun > > with memory pointers. But simultaneously I get rid of accidental > > segmentation fault. I am good at both C and Javascript. Not able to > > decide which one to adapt. Any suggestions will be helpful. > > > > -Regards > > Amit Agarwal > > Contact: 09765348182 > > www.amitagrwal.com > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 9:44 PM, micke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > pls send me practice paper for qualification round-in java > > > > > > mail me at : [email protected] > > > > > > -- > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
