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C(++)/Java are really popular in most coding competitions, but I don't know if that necessarily says anything. Recently a very decent competition (anyone rememb

C(++)/Java are really popular in most coding competitions, but I don't know if that necessarily says anything. Recently a very decent competition (anyone remember?) was won by someone coding in Pascal.

olalonde 15y ago
Somewhat educated guess, but it probably has to do with the fact that those contests offer well defined, immutable specifications. No need to iterate a lot or refactor much.
- killedbydeath 15y ago
  Curious what you are trying to say. I program mostly in Python, but never considered ease of refactoring to be its strength. I felt more comfortable changing code in C++ mostly because of the static typing providing additional correctness guarantees at run-time.
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Tichy 15y ago
I think TopCoder only allows some languages (including Java), maybe that is part of the reason.