It depends on why you want to try the contest. Is it to stretch your brain, and see what problems you can solve? Go to it with Java. The 12th-place finalist in 2003 <https://community.topcoder.com/pl/?module=Static&d1=google&d2=google_adv_online_2> didn't even *know* any other languages. Is it to learn new algorithmic techniques? Again, the language doesn't matter much. Is it to try out new languages? This lunatic <http://www.go-hero.net/jam/09/name/linguo> started a trend where people try to solve problems using as many different languages as possible, and (with the site at http://www.go-hero.net/jam) you can find solutions to problems in lots of different languages.
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