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Best programming language for competitive programming?

Dec 23, 2018 at 12:32pm
Is C++ used often?
Dec 23, 2018 at 7:19pm
I only use codechef.com and there the most popular seems to be C / C++
AFAIK all problems are designed so that they can be solved in any language, provided you choose the right algorithm and data structures.
Dec 24, 2018 at 8:10am
I'm assuming it's faster to type in Python for timed competitions right?

What about if efficiency was also considered? Is C++ more efficient than Python and other languages? Is there anything that is more efficient than C++ when it comes to general computation and programming?
Dec 24, 2018 at 9:44am
C++ might be the fastest, but it's rather bare bones which is a problem when you can't use external libraries.
Imagine a problem where you need to deal with really big numbers. Java C# and maybe others have BigIntenger classes, in C++ you have to implement your own logic which takes time.
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