I agree with Stanislav. I believe the Code Jam organizers would like the participants to develop a level of thinking such that giving a brief outline would be sufficient to understand the solution.
If you observed, the contest analysis gives us an insight into the essence of a problem. Assuming you genuinely spent enough time trying to crack the solution to a problem, it so happens that you would missing an important detail of the problem. The contest analysis aims at giving you the key idea which will often lead you to the "Aha!" moment. That is probably how you improve. On 5 May 2013 22:49, Stanislav Zholnin <[email protected]> wrote: > a) That would entail question - "In which language? > If you say "C++" I will ask - why not "Python". If you say "All major > languages". Somebody would ask for LOLCODE. > > So on one hand it is a question of resources - just like you said it is > not as simple as just copying some solution from contestant. If you limit > number of language this will introduce bias - some would see it as > "approved and not approved languages for Codejam". > > b) Generally if you are unable to workout solution from analysis provided > it means that you are trying to bite too much in one time. This means that > (sadly) you are not yet skilled enough. This doesn't mean that you should > feel discouraged. No, just find some easier examples in the same field and > start working from simple things to more difficult ones. Or ask for help in > forums. > > Organizers of Codejam have to strike balance between how much time they > spend providing analysis and their limited resources. I don't think they > should give more detailed solutions - you can't attach all Knuth's volumes > to every solution. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Code Jam" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-code/-/rqiuNQeSe-IJ. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Jugesh Sundram ([email protected]) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Code Jam" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
