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Will anyone use Python in ACM ICPC finals?
By mogers, history, 8 years ago, In English

The ACM ICPC world finals programming environment has been updated with Python specifications. Both Python 2 and 3 will be available with modules provided in that page.

There's no information about grading in Python. In a previous Codeforces blog post, it is mentioned that it's not guaranteed the problems are solvable in Python.

So, does anyone intend to use Python?

Also, do you think it would help bringing more contestants to ICPC regionals?

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Yes,I will.I will become red in 2 weeks and go to final.

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Damn, no Kate again, y u do dis ICPC -_-?

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    Agreed. Kate/Sublime would be so much better than to struggle with geany.

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      Why complain here? If you want something added to the environment, go ahead, actually contact them and ask for it. I'm not saying they will add it if you do ask, but I'm certain they won't add anything if nobody asks.

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        I thought the settings are already finalized since they asked for feedback in the finals. But you are right I will drop a mail too.

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      Yeah, what misof said. We already did so. clevenger at csus dot edu is the right address to message. Please help ; pp.

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    Does Kate still have that bug where the direction of the written text suddenly changes? :)

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Why use Pycharm but not IDEA?

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    IDEA is one of the main reasons to use Java in competitive programming, but yet they provide this dead shitty Eclipse at WF. Is there any logical reason to do so? I doubt it.

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      Do you know if people complained about this and asked them in advance to include IntelliJ?

      I don't see any reason for them to not do it. It seems they try to finalize the programming environment in september/early october so that regionals can follow suit. Maybe people need to ask them around august/september about IDEs.

      They still say the environment plan is subject to changes though.

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In the meantime, nobody answered my question about if someone intends to use Python :)

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    Maybe the question is too easy. :) Using Python is a huge disadvantage. Why would any serious team (that has reached the WF level) use it?

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      For top teams, I believe it might only be useful in some easy problem. Or problem with loose time limit.

      What I'm more curious about is if allowing Python will encourage more beginners to participate in the regionals (since many places start teaching programming using Python).

      I'm a judge in a regional and we discussed this. We will not provide Python this year though. I feel this announcement was a bit late for regionals and there are a few unanswered questions about judging Python solutions.

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        I don't see how this change is related to the regionals. At least in the first regional of my area (NCPC), Python has been used for years. Still, nobody thinks that the possible beginner teams that use Python would advance to the finals.

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          We're talking about different things.

          In my country for example, we struggle to motivate students to participate in ICPC. My (2nd in the OP) question is if people think that allowing Python will motivate more people to participate in competitions.

          My main question was if people think that Python would be useful in the finals. I'm curious to see if there are any submissions in Python in the next finals.

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