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Languages Upgraded
Greetings everybody, We have some good news We have upgrade the compiler versions for the languages mentioned below. After receiving quite a number of requests for supporting C++11, we have also added...
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What makes a good CodeChef Editorial?
This is a truly interesting question, and I thought it would be a great way to have this opened to the CodeChef community so that we can get their views on various styles, as well as what works and...
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Contribute cheerfully and accept gratefully
Every month we receive huge contribution from all you wonderful people, showing your kindheartedness and ‘will’ to volunteer your time to help others. We have decided to acknowledge it. And, we have...
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The short story of long July Challenge 2013
It took us some time to pen down the July Challenge 2013 blog, but somehow we did it. And, now that we’ve done it, let’s take you straight to contest. The problems for July Challenge came from our...
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ACRush gives visit to July Cook-Off
It’s been quite a while since the July Cook-Off 2013 got over. But it’s sweet memories are still fresh as dew with us. After a long gap (after 24 Cook-Offs), we saw the return of ACRush to the CodeChef...
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The course of first lunch
There was a certain uncertainty in the air when we sat down for our first CodeChef LunchTime. It wasn’t the first contest that we were conducting, it wasn’t the first time we were witnessing...
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Another hot lunch
In the wonderful world of CodeChef, a competition is the best tuition one can get. Some might say otherwise, but we believe in it. We have always considered our competitions as teachings for the...
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The big fat August Challenge
The August Challenge 2013 became a special contest for a lot of reasons. And that is all the more reason why there should not have been a delay in putting up this post. We regret the delay, and as soon...
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A bump and a high, all in the course of August Cook-Off
August Cook-Off 2013, was supposed to be yet another fast paced, action packed Cook-Off, that we have been observing for past few months. However, in no way was it like any of them. August Cook-Off...
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The fun-n-learning grows a bit with August Lunch Time
Just like a small baby, our Lunch Time programming contest series is also growing with every passing moment. The August Lunch Time 2013, was the third edition of the contest and we have already started...
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A first hand experience as a volunteer for CodeChef for Schools
It can get really taxing to introduce a new topic to a crowd that has never even heard of it. As one becomes more specialized in a field, it becomes even harder to generalize your topic of interest and...
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That one concluding hour
If it wasn’t for the final hour of the September Challenge 2013, the contest would have gone down in our history, without even creating a ripple in our memories. Just like all of you, we too were...
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There’s a “tag” for that
ul,p,span,li { font: 12px arial, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 15px;} li {padding-bottom:5px } “There’s an easy way of doing that.” This magical sentence can make anyone...
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The revenge of fallen
If there is one thing that differentiates “greats” from the rest, it has to be their constant pursuit for perfection. They never get satisfied with being “good-enough”; they want nothing but to be the...
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A little less glamorous lunchtime
The September iteration of our Lunch Time programming series did not see the same notable participation, as our August Lunch Time did. And it makes us a bit sad, as we want more school students to take...
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Challenge problem scoring changes
Hey Guys, Following your discussions on our forum under “Changes from October Contest” and “Separate final test cases for Challenge Question,” starting from October Challenge 2013, after a lot of...
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The multilingual challenge
We all have a preconceived notion about any competition where the big guns are going up against each others. It becomes easy for everyone to predict the outcome of the contest and more often than not,...
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The Mega Cook-Off of the ACM ICPC 2013 – 2014 aspirants
Nothing give jitters to the programmers as much as a big programming carnival. And if you are a programming enthusiast in India, that time for you is now. With ACM ICPC India regionals fast...
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ACM ICPC IIT KGP online round goof-up. We are sorry
Dear CodeCheffers, As the time nears the declaration of the selected list of teams for the onsite, we think we must own up the mistake and issue an apology. We understand that there were some problems...
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Karan Saxena takes CodeChef to his School
17/10, morning assembly time at City Montessori School (CMS), Lucknow, Gomti Nagar branch: A group of five hundred students from grade XI and XII gathered in the main auditorium. I go up on stage to...
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