Brian Quinlan wrote:
Tomi Kyöstilä wrote:
Why don't I see my solution (__author__ = dOb) in the results? I'm
sure that you got it as you replied to my mail.
Your solution is now included. See:
http://www.sweetapp.com/pycontest/contest1/results.html
Good job!
Cheers,
Brian
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Brian Quinlan wrote:
Brian Quinlan wrote:
Tomi Kyöstilä wrote:
Why don't I see my solution (__author__ = dOb) in the results? I'm
sure that you got it as you replied to my mail.
Your solution is now included. See:
http://www.sweetapp.com/pycontest/contest1/results.html
Good job!
Tomi Kyöstilä wrote:
Any idea when the next competition is coming? (it hasn't been quite
weekly as you hoped, eh? ;)
Uh no. It turns out that I have less time than I thought, though a big
chunk of it should be freed-up after this weekend. I do have an idea... :-)
Cheers,
Brian
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Tomi Kyöstilä wrote:
Why don't I see my solution (__author__ = dOb) in the results? I'm
sure that you got it as you replied to my mail.
Ahhh...sorry. I have your solution and I timed it but I don't have the
results here so I can't add it to the website. I'll do it tomorrow.
Where do the
Brian Quinlan wrote:
Here are the results for the first problem in the Python Programming
Contest.
I haven't been able to find as much time as I excepted, so my analysis
is not very in depth.
You can find the results here:
http://www.sweetapp.com/pycontest/contest1/results.html
And
Raymond Hettinger wrote:
I'm curious about the stability of your timing setup. If you run your
own version of fly.py several times with the same starting seed, how
much variation do you see between runs?
There is very little variation (about 0.1%) but my solution is over an
order of
ThanhNam Nguyen wrote:
Since my NNTP server doesnt allow posting, I'll ask you directly
instead.
Must I start from the first day?
No.
For example:
1st day: A -- B 100 bucks
2nd day: A -- B 60 bucks
3rd day: A -- B 40 bucks
What would the solution be? And for how much in total?
ThanhNam Nguyen wrote:
1st day: A -- B 100 bucks
2nd day: A -- B 60 bucks
3rd day: A -- B 40 bucks
What would the solution be? And for how much in total?
There are two correct solutions:
[A, B] # spend one night in A, then fly to B on day two (cost 80)
[A, A, B] # spend two nights in A, then
[Brian Quinlan]
I'm doing to judge the solutions based on execution speed. It sucks but
that is the easiest important consideration to objectively measure.
. . .
I'm always looking for feedback, so let me know what you think or if you
have any ideas for future problems.
I'm curious about the
* Brian Quinlan [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005-07-15 02:08]:
You can find the first problem here:
http://www.sweetapp.com/pycontest/contest1
I have one question about the problem. Is the cost we are to minimize
the cost of arriving in the target city at all, or the cost of arriving
at the target
John Hazen wrote:
* Brian Quinlan [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005-07-15 02:08]:
You can find the first problem here:
http://www.sweetapp.com/pycontest/contest1
I have one question about the problem. Is the cost we are to minimize
the cost of arriving in the target city at all, or the cost of
Someone correct me if I'm wrong -- but isn't this the Shortest Path
problem? I don't foresee anyone getting a more efficient solution than
what they can find in hundreds of algorithms textbooks. If this is
indeed the case it should just come down to whoever can pull the
narliest tricks to
On Sat, 16 Jul 2005, Joseph Garvin wrote:
Someone correct me if I'm wrong -- but isn't this the Shortest Path problem?
Dang! I was just about to point that out.
I don't foresee anyone getting a more efficient solution than what they
can find in hundreds of algorithms textbooks. If this is
Tom Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sat, 16 Jul 2005, Joseph Garvin wrote:
Someone correct me if I'm wrong -- but isn't this the Shortest Path problem?
Dang! I was just about to point that out.
[snipped]
But yes, this is basically about who can write the fastest implementation
of
Terry Reedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Tom Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I can't immediately see any properties of this network that could be
exploited, but that doesn't mean there aren't any.
No it doesn't. The challenge is to find a property that saves more time,
across trials, that
Are you aware of http://mathschallenge.net/index.php?section=project ?
The The focus will be on algorithms that require a bit of thought
to design but not much code to implement. part seems common, although
your problem domain probably is larger.
/Simon
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Brian Quinlan wrote:
I've decided that it would be be fun to host a weekly Python programming
contest. The focus will be on algorithms that require a bit of thought
to design but not much code to implement.
I'm doing to judge the solutions based on execution speed. It sucks but
that is the
Brian I've decided that it would be be fun to host a weekly Python
Brian programming contest. The focus will be on algorithms that require
Brian a bit of thought to design but not much code to implement.
For some of us that's what we do day-in, day-out at work. It's just not
called
James wrote:
I am not sure if it is a good idea to use a LiveCD for OS when you are
testing for speed. CD access speeds fluctuate and may even impact
performance even if you start measuring after the module loading is
complete.
It didn't seem to matter in my testing. Module loading is done
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Brian I've decided that it would be be fun to host a weekly Python
Brian programming contest. The focus will be on algorithms that require
Brian a bit of thought to design but not much code to implement.
For some of us that's what we do day-in, day-out at
On 7/15/05, Brian Quinlan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Brian I've decided that it would be be fun to host a weekly Python
Brian programming contest. The focus will be on algorithms that require
Brian a bit of thought to design but not much code to implement.
Bill Mill wrote:
On 7/15/05, Brian Quinlan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Brian I've decided that it would be be fun to host a weekly Python
Brian programming contest. The focus will be on algorithms that require
Brian a bit of thought to design but not much code
Brian This contest is for people who like thinking about algorithms.
Surely you must have missed the smiley...
S
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Brian This contest is for people who like thinking about algorithms.
Surely you must have missed the smiley...
No, I saw it but it just confused me as I have no sense of humor.
Cheers,
Brian
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Brian Quinlan wrote:
I've decided that it would be be fun to host a weekly Python programming
contest.
I like the idea, and doing the first problem was fun indeed
:o)
I'm always looking for feedback, so let me know what you think or if you
have any ideas for future problems.
It would be
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