> Another problem is that the input set is always small enough to make a brute force solution the most favorable one. So what they are really judging is the speed at which someone can read/parse the input file and write some loops.
That's only true for, well, ok maybe 1/2-2/3rds of the days. The rest require something more complicated, either with more complicated algorithms or more clever algorithms to get performance to a reasonable level. See the other discussion here about 2020 Day 13. The naive solution worked on the samples, but would not have worked on the actual input.
That's only true for, well, ok maybe 1/2-2/3rds of the days. The rest require something more complicated, either with more complicated algorithms or more clever algorithms to get performance to a reasonable level. See the other discussion here about 2020 Day 13. The naive solution worked on the samples, but would not have worked on the actual input.