This. On 27 Apr 2012 22:18, "Mort Yao" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Code Jam" 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.
