As others have stated, Python is definitely fast enough. The problems are designed specifically so that there is leeway for slower languages.
That being said, there are certain problems that are easier to do with other languages. For example, in the recent 2015 Round 1A Problem D, look at the fourth place contestant "winger". His program for the large input is essentially a brute force crack with time complexity T * N^3 (T <= 14, N <= 3000). However, it ran within the time limits due to well optimized code run on a 16 core computer. I can't imagine the same method working for Python. -- 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/msgid/google-code/854d741a-3e5b-43fd-ab27-a89a75db2495%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
