I hope this doesn't duplicate an existing discussion (did a quick search but 
didn't find anything specific).

I was disappointed to learn there won't be a Distributed Code Jam 2019. I 
really loved the format and I think it set Code Jam a league apart from 
comparable events. I hope DCJ returns soon!

One suggestion: it might be even better if the # of cores could be increased, 
so e.g. a fully parallelized plain Python solution can pass a test case that a 
single-threaded, super-optimized C++ solution can't. I feel that at 100, the 
focus is often still on low-level optimization of the constant term, rather 
than improving big-O complexity.

If technically feasible, a larger number of (perhaps artificially) slower cores 
could emphasize the parallel character very nicely -  for example, making a 
factor of sqrt(#cores) relevant to the competition.

I would appreciate any feedback, both from the organizers and from fellow 
contestants!

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