Comments by "xybersurfer" (@xybersurfer) on "Competitive Programming is a Gimmick" video.

@tomaszaluckij5117 that's one way of looking at it. but another way of looking at it, is that it encourages cutting corners just to have something running as quickly as possible. this causes you to not be able to figure out the appropriate data structures and algorithms. and if you can't do it right, then you can't learn to do it right faster. also, at the point you can crank out code fast, you are already mentally working at a more abstract level and you probably shouldn't be wasting your time in competitions repeating yourself. what Stefan talks about is not separate from figuring out appropriate data structures and algorithms, unlike your suggestion. it all requires careful considerations
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