I'm a purist who basically never reads editorials. If the problem is too hard, I end up just skipping it(for now). I've also heard some practice strategies where you set some length of time to try the problem yourself, and if you can't solve it during that time, then you read the editorial. Another strategy is coming back to the problem after (some number of problems/some length of time), and reading the editorial if you can't solve within X reruns. Now I'm wondering, what's the community's stance on this?
I read the editorial after getting ac
I do if the problem proves to be a hard nut to crack. Else I do not, but I think it is good to have them as we need the solution for that particular problem to be there somewhere.