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We should rename competitive programming to algorithm contests
By TwentyOneHundredOrBust, history, 3 years ago, In English

Pros:

  • Better acronym

Cons:

  • None
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  • Vote: I do not like it

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Vote: I like it +71 Vote: I do not like it

Algorithmic battles

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I agree, people always freak out when I tell them I'm addicted to cp

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Vote: I like it +84 Vote: I do not like it

cons:

problems like (aa+bb)(a+b) arent related to algorithms

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Vote: I like it +23 Vote: I do not like it

I agree nowadays the "programming" part is getting lesser.

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cons: backward compatibility issues

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Con: ones its done, someone will write the same blog about renaming it to competitive programming.Its a vicious circle.

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Algorithmic bugaboo-solving is even better

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    Vote: I like it +31 Vote: I do not like it

    It's all fun and games until someone calls their contest "Computing Bugaboo Tournament" and it abbreviates to CBT

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Vote: I like it +33 Vote: I do not like it

But then I will get in trouble if I say I like CP if name is changed

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I support this, one time when I was trying to go Competitive Programming Book's Methodstosolve, my university's IT flagged it and reported me... (I had to connect to a hotspot to get the hint for the problem, then they unblocked it like a week later.)

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Problems like (x+y)*(x-y) not related to Algorithms :D

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