Re:Project Euler
by fulafel on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @02:28AM
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AoC is still is algorithms and data structures: there's minimal interaction with the outside world, just solving the problem for the input data. It's just about coming up with the algorithm yourself instead of applying fancy well-known ones.
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Re:Project Euler
by wodenokoto on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @05:02AM
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> It's just about coming up with the algorithm yourself instead of applying fancy well-known ones.
Isn’t that the whole fun?
> just solving the problem for the input data
I think a lot of people here would be surprised how much of a step up this is from classic leetcode or DSA stuff. I have been involved in introducing people to AoC and helping them and the amount of people who have basic knowledge of algorithms but struggled to parse the input from a file was a little shocking to me at first. Of course, I do not blame anyone for not knowing something, classic academic courses can be misguided sometimes.
This doesn't negate the fact that there is somewhat of a lack in problems with more outside world interaction and it would be cool to see more of that.