Yes. If the 24 hour qualification round did not exist then I would possibly have issue with output flexibility (even then probably not, this is a programming contest and programming is about delivering what the customer wants right?)
Given the fact that every competitor has a 24 hour period in which to respond and get the output right (as in qualification, penalty time doesn't even matter) this is a no-brainer. If you haven't learned how to get the output right from the qualification round, then you've no right to complain about it in Round 1. Paul Smith [email protected] On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Lego Haryanto <[email protected]> wrote: > Why do we want to reduce the the number of wrong submissions at > qualifying rounds by new participants? The 24 hour qual round has > ample time for new participants to notice this mistake. If anything, > these participants will just have to learn to follow output spec the > hard way and then most likely they won't repeat the same mistake > again. > > To me, it's more advantageous for new competitors that way rather than > relying on the mercy of the tester. > > But, that's just my opinion. > > On Monday, May 30, 2011, vettukal <[email protected]> wrote: >> Its true that making GCJ tester code that will accommodate all >> differences and satisfy all participants is impossible to make. But >> evaluating English words(NO,IMPOSSIBLE,RED etc) which are in output >> in a case insensitive manner is not that difficult to implement. >> It may reduce number of wrong submissions at Qualifying rounds by new >> participants. >> >> On May 30, 3:01 am, Lego Haryanto <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I'm not sure why this can be a frustrating thing. I would probably be >>> frustrated if I had to work on the GCJ tester code that tries to >>> accomodate all those differences, yet will never be able to satisfy >>> all circumstances. From a few posts, it seems that GCJ system is >>> already nice enough to point out possible errors, but it certainly is >>> not worthwhile to do much more than that. >>> >>> The input/output specification is already very clear IMO and following >>> them as verbatim as we can be is our very first task, IMO. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Monday, May 23, 2011, vettukal <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > In the output >>> >>> > Case #45: NO >>> > is not equal to >>> > Case #45:No >>> >>> > Case #45: >>> > Impossible >>> >>> > is not equal to >>> >>> > Case #45: Impossible >>> >>> > This can lead to a very frustrating effort to debug the program when >>> > real bug is something this trivial. >>> >>> > The timer which tells how much time is left at the top of the page is >>> > small and not very visible. Please make it bigger and bolder. It would >>> > be nice if u add a timer at the bottom of the page coz most of the >>> > times we are seeing the sample input and output section of the page. >>> >>> > And as suggested earlier please make a link to our nickname which >>> > shows our email link. May be next time every contestant can have a >>> > (optional) profile page linked to his nickname. It may have his email >>> > id, his blog address (whatever he wants to put on that page.) >>> >>> > -- >>> > 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. >>> >>> -- >>> Fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge (Proverbs 1:7) >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> > > -- > Fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge (Proverbs 1:7) > > -- > 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.
