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lordZOUGA: is this not just a name given to a normal developer's routine? write, test and commit.

lordZOUGA: besides, real programmers ship, checking if every line of code I write adheres to a certain pattern is just redundant

Otuabaroku: I used hashmap in my implementation too. The link to the You received credit is http://code.google.com/codejam/contest/351101/dashboard#s=p0

naija_swag: The important thing is to have an efficient code.

Sorry but when it comes to competitions like codejam, that's very wrong! The most important thing is to have a solution .

Otuabaroku: I tried solving the last qualifying google codejam for 2012 at the link http://code.google.com/codejam/contest/1460488/dashboard.

My java solution for the challenge is thus:

..............................

The model solution provided by google in python was so portable that I'm asking my fellow Java developer is there a similar data structure in java to replicate same? The link to the question and the model solution is http://code.google.com/codejam/contest/1460488/dashboard. Thanks in anticipation.

Here is mine

Code is on Gist
Raw link: https://gist.github.com/fayimora/5330382

The actual solution is on lines 12 - 17

naija_swag: Feeble minds. Humans are always in a habit of making excuses for their shortcomings. If your shallow minds cannot contend with strong reasoning, stop making silly excuses.

Otuabaroku: @ Fayimora, I thought you were based in England. Why would you want to attend the event if it was based in Zurich but not England?

Because I love traveling

Otuabaroku: Sorry guys for responding late. I did not see your replies until now. Actually , what i want is a brief description of what was covered when you guys were doing the aforementioned topics at school( course outline). Yes, you can easily come across the materials that covered them online or elsewhere, but how would you gauge if the material covered it to the standard breath? Thanks in anticipation.

IMHO, RESEARCH! Online courses? Well, yeah they are actually getting better but I prefer to have a conversation with the top guys in other Universities. At least that is what I do. I have friends in other unis and we talk

Final advise, no matter how good your lecturer is, there is only so much he/she can teach you! From what I gather, the top CS students are those that go the EXTRA mile.

WhiZTiM:
hmn... Wish I could participate, but my semester exams wouldnt let me... Two questions...
1. Why wouldn't you participate??
2. Why should you be contacted on twitter if any Nairalander makes it to the finals? (... I hope its either a job offer or extra reward!)

1. I'm very very busy. Where I work, you never have the time for stuffs like these... It's practically a waste of time!
2. Job offer, maybe but highly unlikely considering you might not be willing to re-locate. Nevertheless, the finals are in England(btw Google's offices at LDN are great! ), I'll like to meet whoever makes it . I don't mind gaining a few more geeky/nerdy friends.

Also, why would I stress myself when the finals are in LDN? lol. I *might* have attempted if it was ...... Zurich?

nnomy3:
not a guy...i knw xhtml, php n mysql, vb.net n still a lil of vb although still learning

javadoctor: there myt nt b much time to achieve much.so just pay smeone to do it fr u.

csharpjava: There a four major programming paradigms, they are:

Object-Oriented: "C#, Java, C++, SmallTalk, Python"

Functional: "Lisp, Scheme, Haskell"

Imperative: "C, Ada, Perl"

Logic: "Prolog, Sql, HTML"

Your choice of programming language will depend on the paradigm that is best suited for the application you want to develop. The most popular paradigm today is Object-Oriented paradigm which is a representation of the real world around us, this is why we have so many C#, Java and C++ programmers.