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Points to keep in mind while choosing language for competitive programming

 

A programming language is a set of grammatical rules for instructing the computer to perform a specific task. Programming languages works as a medium through which we can communicate with the system and instruct the same. Competitive programming is solving coding problems using algorithm and data structure. The coders need to write the code under various constraints like memory limits, execution time, limit of coding, space, etc.

Competitive programming helps to enhance our logical and analytical skills, also, our algorithmic knowledge. It is a great additive to the CV.

The only thing you need to be careful about is choosing a programming language that the compiler/evaluator accepts. The majority evaluators will accept C/C++, Java and Python (unless if a problem is made for a particular language).

As a programmer, we can opt any language but we need to be conscious while choosing in order to make our program more efficient in terms of time and space consumption.

Points to remember while choosing language for competitive programming:

·        As a beginner, you can begin with Python. As python is easy to learn and syntax are user-friendly. Besides this, it provides highly built in modules, which makes it easier for programmer to code.

·        Another advantage of python is that, it provides the REPL support (Read-Eval-Print-Loop) which makes it more easier.

·        Compared to C/C++,JAVA, Python is slow.

·        C++ is considered the most effective language for competitive programming.it is used by highest number of users in world of competitive programming.

·        Major key factor in case of competitive programming is time and C++ codes take least Run-time, i.e. C++ codes are more faster than any other language. Due to C++ Predefined Containers & Standard Algorithms Present in Standard Template Library( also Known As STL ) and no other languages can beat it,  which makes short codes and simple, which are great lifeguard ,which will rescue you from unconquerable problems, saving lot of time of thinking and typing those algorithms

·        Java is a completely based on OOPS concept, i.e. it is Object Oriented Programming Language. It is the second highest popularly used programming language for competitive programming after C++/C

·        Java uses class (Big Integer class )which is used for performing mathematical computations on large integers quickly. It comes in extremely handy during the exception handling. It is also great for application building.

·        In Java, fetching input using Scanner class, many times, leads to a TLE (Time Limit Exceed) problem. Although it is a compiler based language like C/C++, but is relatively slower than them. Also, program codes in java are lengthier than C++and python.

In short we can say:

Easiest to code: Python

Most powerful: C++

Most likely to be useful in android applications: Java

Order of run-time: Python (Max) >Java >C++ >C

To conclude, every language has its own execs and cons, the most matter is the logical and analytical approach you take in order to solve a problem.

 

 

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