"........but for the purpose of contests such as GCJ I don't think you need
any IDEs at all"

I disagree. It happened to me in Round 1A when I was in my friend's home and
worked on VC++ 6. The vectors are not easily debug-able in VC++ 6 editor. I
am sure, if I would have been using VS 2005, I will be more speedy as it
took me some time to setup my watch in VC++ 6. Yeah, if your algorithms and
programming is so strong that you don't even need a debugger then for sure
you you can program in any editor.

So programming environment does matter.

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Dhruva Sagar <[email protected]>wrote:

> I use VIM, that's all I need. You can debug C/C++ applications as well I
> haven't yet tried that.
> I work mostly in ruby, and yes I can debug scripts exactly how one should
> be able to.
> Sometimes I code in C++ too, but for the purpose of contests such as GCJ I
> don't think you need any IDEs at all.
>
> What matters here is if you've been able to solve the problem / identified
> the pattern.
> For any debugging that you'd have to do, printfs are going to be just fine!
>
> But anyways, I vouch for VIM all the way. It is the best imho :)
>
>
> On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 17:33, Shrey <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> While attempting Code Jam and similar competitions, saving on time
>> spent writing, testing and debugging code can be a major factor. I run
>> Ubuntu on a VMware image, simply using gedit and make to write and
>> test programs. However, writing code can be easier with IDEs having
>> code completion and debugging facilities. Although the topic seems to
>> have been beaten hollow on linux discussion forums, the questions
>> there are usually raised by users intending to create and manage large
>> projects.
>> My question is this- what do you prefer to use for writing, testing
>> and debugging code during contests where time can be a major factor? I
>> have used Code::Blocks and Eclipse CDT but the former fails to debug
>> properly while the latter was too slow and bulky to use during a
>> contest.
>>
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