Google Code Jam 2011 Language Usage

[Peter Alexander]

On 8/05/11 12:39 PM, bearophile wrote:
> But a person from Japan has used D to be among the top ten, this is good:
> http://www.go-hero.net/jam/11/name/hos.lyric

Unfortunately the ranks in the first don't mean much at all.

Most rounds last only a few hours, so everyone competes at the same 
time, but the first round last 24 hours, so most participants just come 
in and solve the problems whenever they want. What that means is that 
people at the top of the board on the first round are just those that 
started the competition as soon as it started.

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Interestingly, that contestant barely used any of D's features. The code 
he wrote may as well have been C++.