Re^2: Perl on Topcoder

in reply to Re: Perl on Topcoder
in thread Perl on Topcoder

sorry:

1st part: inverse proportional to (solved)?time to solve:max time

2nd part is correct. You get additional points for any test case that faults the code. You get demerits for trying a test case that fails (by being handled correctly by the adverse program)

Many reasons to want to use Perl sometimes. Just 2:

There are problems that are just made for regex handling.
creating and using a map using the stl (in C++) is way longer than using a hash (and time is a factor)

Franck Binard

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Re^3: Perl on Topcoder by Anonymous Monk on Sep 13, 2005 at 17:19 UTC
using regexes is IMHO cheating when it comes to showing how much brain power you have :) They are too convenient and a huge shortcut in many cases.	[reply]
Re^4: Perl on Topcoder by itub (Priest) on Sep 13, 2005 at 17:58 UTC
The same can be said about computers.	[reply]
Re^4: Perl on Topcoder by fbinard (Beadle) on Sep 15, 2005 at 02:38 UTC
Perhaps then the solution is to have a competition just in Perl ;) Franck Binard	[reply]
Re^5: Perl on Topcoder by tphyahoo (Vicar) on Jun 17, 2006 at 09:28 UTC
Perl golf kind of satisfies this role for the perl community. In a typically laid-back anarchistic sort of way :)	[reply]

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