I wouldn't interpret it that way at all. It makes perfect sense to me - it is extremely easy to have a tiny bug in your algorithm that invalidates your entire effort. These tiny mistakes are picked up in the small submissions; once you have got that correct you are expected to be able to solve the large input without any further help.
On May 21, 5:25 pm, Debashis Roy <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > The format of the contest doesn't look very fair, given the fact that a > person can submit the small data set multiple times in case of incorrect > result but cannot re-submit the large data set in case of time outs. > > To me, the small data set is more to check the accuracy of the algorithm > whereas the large data set is to check the efficiency of the algorithm. > > If that is true then what gcj is saying translates to "we will allow you to > correct your algorithm if you have an incorrect algorithm, but we will not > allow you to improve upon your algorithm if you have an inefficient > algorithm!!!" > > Any particular reason for this? :-) > > Thanks, > > Debashis > > _________________________________________________________________ > Climate, controversies and the changing signatures of > naturehttp://green.in.msn.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]. > 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.
