afaik, C++ is one of the very few choices (and possibly the best one) in the scope of ACM/ICPC and TopCoder.
ACM/ICPC and TopCoder participants tend to use C++/Java and they do have a great advantage over those who do not have any algorithm competition experience. Perhaps that's one reason why C++ always win at last: ) On Friday, April 27, 2012 10:35:23 PM UTC+2, tutufan wrote: > > Apparently C++ is the most common language used by GCJ winners, at least > in later rounds (if not all of them). It seems like the pressure for a > rapid solution would suggest a higher-level language like Python, Ruby, > Lisp, etc., but that's not what contestants are actually doing. > > Any theories for this? Possibilities: > > 1. C++, being an order of magnitude faster for execution, allows more > slop in sub-optimal algorithm selection. > 2. C++ happens to be the language the best or most fluent coders are > using all day long (so are most familiar with). > 3. C++ is actually the best language (a priori) for this contest, for > some non-obvious reason. > > What do you think? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Code Jam" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-code/-/Q6Rc4XgQQeEJ. 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.
