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Agreed. There is no "beginner" or amateur programmer who could complete even part of a single Advent of Code problem.
by saberience 11mo ago
Agreed. There is no "beginner" or amateur programmer who could complete even part of a single Advent of Code problem.
- alexfoo 11mo agoI disagree, the odd few are quite simple and can be done with pencil and paper. https://adventofcode.com/2020/day/1 https://adventofcode.com/2020/day/1 for example. It's not hard to do part 1 by hand. You need two numbers from the input list (of 200 numbers) that add to 2020. For each number n in the list you just have to check if (2020-n) is in the list. A quick visual scan showed my input only had 9 numbers that were less than 1010, so I'd only have to consider 9 candidate numbers. It would also be trivial for anyone who can do relatively simple things with a spreadsheet.
- alach11 11mo agoUsually the first day or two are readily solvable in Excel with just regular spreadsheet formulas.