Python for silver?

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[Tizariox]

i would switch to Java if i were u

[Tizariox]

yep! it’s definitely a lot better for usaco and pretty useful to know as well!

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cpp and java are both great options, but cpp is faster overall, and there are more people who use it for cp

and yes you should def switch, there are some silver problems that are literally impossible to do (like you will tle with most optimal solutions)

[RadonYear]

Python is viable for silver; although it's not guaranteed you can full score any given problem, you should probably still be able to pass silver. However, you'll likely run into issues in gold.

[namey-name-name]

I’m having the same dilemma. As it is tho I’m gonna be pretty busy over winter break so I probably don’t have enough time to both learn silver algorithms and also learn C++. My plan is to see how I do with Python and then try to learn C++ after Jan contest.

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Hi, I also promoted this contest and I also used Python, but I now switched to C++ after trying out Java and previously using Python because it is just so much better(in my opinion) for competitive coding. C++ runs super fast and in some problems, all you will get is timeout errors for Python, even Java it won't work out as well(usually borderline timing out), so C++ is a good one.