The about page doesn't say: is there a specific language used for these?
Advent of Code 2017
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#22I'm doing it this year. In D, because I'm stubborn, enjoy the language, and couldn't immediately get to like Rust.
Going by hype, I have a feeling learning Rust will some day be as inevitable as interacting with git, but for the moment I'm sticking to D.
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#23The about page doesn't say: is there a specific language used for these?
Nope! All of the answers boil down to some simple text input, so you can run whatever code you want locally to get the answer.
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#24While I enjoy advent of code I always have been happy to live on the west coast. I wonder how many people on the east coast don't participate because they'd have to stay up til midnight if they want to score.
How does the scoring work? Is it dependent on speed? Are you penalised for incorrect attempts? What time / timezone are the problems released?
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#25The about page doesn't say: is there a specific language used for these?
There isn't, by design. You write _some_ black-box implementation locally which outputs a textual solution you drop into the browser (at least, this is how it was in 2015 when AoC started).
I can't recommend this enough. I had to miss out on last year's challenges, but planning on participating this year; it's a great way to keep your brain nimble if you feel like you're in a rut.
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#26Is it a death sentence to try and learn Haskell on this challenge? Or should I go with a language I'm more comfortable in?
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#27Is it a death sentence to try and learn Haskell on this challenge? Or should I go with a language I'm more comfortable in?
just do it, what's the worst that could happen?
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#28So, what are people gonna work in? Anything interesting? I am myself thinking about doing the challanges in Powershell. Because why not suffer more on this earth.
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#29I'm doing it this year. In D, because I'm stubborn, enjoy the language, and couldn't immediately get to like Rust. Going by hype, I have a feeling learning Rust will some day be as inevitable as interacting with git, but for the moment I'm sticking to D.
That remains to be seen, but I firmly believe you should do AoC in something you enjoy!
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#30Is it a death sentence to try and learn Haskell on this challenge? Or should I go with a language I'm more comfortable in?
No. What's the worst that happens? You take longer to do the challenges?
The leaderboard is irrelevant, as you can only get on it if you're in the right time zone/nocturnal/unemployed and really really fast, so what you then get out of it is a solid set of Haskell problem-solving skills.
People learn languages in AoC every year. Do it!
Some people do each day in a different language. Maybe don't do that...