I actually enjoy the challenge of figuring out which corner case I missed. Paul Smith
[email protected] On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 7:24 AM, Bill Bruns <[email protected]> wrote: > I sympathize with Sumit, but must agree with Andres. If this were a class > then the instructors should help us learn to get the corner cases. But, > this is a contest, not a school course. > > > On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 11:25 PM, sumit sharma <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Atleast the response can be a list of testcases that failed. >> Then we can debug at out end. >> In my case Question1 had 6 incorrect test cases of 100. Very low >> probability that i will pick the incorrect test case to debug >> >> >> On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 4:56 AM, Andres Felipe Ruiz < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> This is one of the objectives of Programming Contest. Contestants should >>> be able to identify all corner cases. As far as I am concerned, It just the >>> way it should be. >>> >>> >>> On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Lei Huang <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Small tests could submit multiple times and give you the input files. I >>>> think it is generous enough for contestants. >>>> >>>> Lei Huang >>>> Master Student of Computer Science >>>> UCLA >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 1:35 PM, porker2008 <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> I don't see why this case is special. >>>>> >>>>> It is a very general case. >>>>> >>>>> Parker >>>>> >>>>> On Sunday, May 5, 2013 4:33:39 AM UTC+8, newbie007 wrote: >>>>> > If the sample had the case below I would be able to solve it. sad >>>>> ... :'( >>>>> > Input Output: 2 >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > 11 2 >>>>> > 26 28 >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 3:58 PM, Luke Pebody <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > In my humble opinion, Code Jam covers edge cases in their samples >>>>> much much more than Topcoder. In Topcoder, I might have been careless and >>>>> not notice the infinite loop my solution went into in tonight's problem 1 >>>>> if A = 1. >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > Whether this is "better" or "worse" is a separate debate, but >>>>> definitely I find more coverage in Code Jam than Topcoder. >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Niraj Kumar <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > there may be many edge cases which is not covered in sample, but we >>>>> need to take care it. >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > Regards, >>>>> > >>>>> > Niraj Kumar >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > B.Tech. CSE >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > Class of 2012 >>>>> > ISM, Dhanbad >>>>> > 8274952350 >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 12:11 AM, Leandro Coutinho < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > The small dataset should test if the coder didn't hard coded the >>>>> solution. >>>>> > The large dataset should test if the algorithm is efficient enough. >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > So if the solution is not hard coded and could solve the sample, it >>>>> should be able to solve the small dataset at least. >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > It's very frustrating when the output is correct for the sample but >>>>> fails for the small dataset. >>>>> > And it's also harder to debug ... >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > -- >>>>> > >>>>> > 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. >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > -- >>>>> > >>>>> > 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. >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > -- >>>>> > >>>>> > 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. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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/-/1vg4v-2sTOwJ. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> asdf >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> >> > > -- > 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. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Code Jam" group. 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