I should just point out that it is perfectly possible/likely wata's solution gave the correct answers to the small input he was provided with. A friend of mine failed to solve B-small despite 5 submissions; when he sent me his code it gave perfect results on the first small input I downloaded.
On May 23, 7:57 am, "Eduardo T. Cardoso" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 10:23 AM, 김민현 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Q) Do we need to submit a perfect code? > > As far as I understood, any method can be used to generate correct output > > within a given time. > > i.e.) editing by hands, using excel script, etc. > > Well, the rules say (or used to, I haven't checked for it this year, > but it's probably there still) that if you solve by hand (which is/was > allowed), you should submit a .txt or similar explaining the process > used to solve them. > > I'd say if you manually check and correct examples, you should > probably add comments to your source code stating what you did (or > rather, what needs to be done in case the answer is negative, for > example) or add a .txt explaining what you did and in which cases (and > probably why aswell). Of course fixing your code would be better, and > probably MUCH faster than checking and writing what you did, but > still, should be possible. > > I believe all they want is a way to replicate results (which is why > they require free compilers and stuff), but they won't be able to if > you don't tell them how you did what you did. A source code is > self-explanatory, but manual changes to the output are not. > > With all the information necessary to replicate, my guess is you're > free to do whatever you want. > > Friendly, > Eduardo > > -- > 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.
