+1 Wouldn't it be good to encourage people to improve the efficiency of the algo? Penalty is commendable.
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 10:55 AM, 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 > > ------------------------------ > Invest your money wisely post Budget Sign up > now.<http://news.in.msn.com/moneyspecial/> > > -- > 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.
