How much do you understand about organizing your code?

[wtd]

Do you understand...

Functions?

Function composition?

Classes?

Modules/namespaces/packages?

How to build a program using multiple files?

[Panphobia]

So what kind of answer are you looking for? I understand functions, classes, and by function composition do you mean something like

code:

f(g(x))

I don't know what you mean by modules and namespaces, I do not think I completely understand packages, but I have an idea, and I think I know how to build a program using multiple files.

[Nathan4102]

I can do functions and function composition, and I can build basic programs with multiple files. I've still got a lot to learn.

[Insectoid]

My code is either fairly well organized (disregarding namespaces, since my projects are never very large or intended for re-use) or a colossal mess. Both are intentional, just different objectives.

[mirhagk]

I love nice clean code, that exposes beautiful interfaces to the rest of the code. I have grown to care less about squeezing that last 25% of performance out, and starting caring more and more about the code looking nice, and being easy to maintain.

[Panphobia]

So then mirhagk do you support programming contests because they force you to get every last big of performance out of your Program, no matter how messy the code.

[mirhagk]

Programming contests actually don't force you to get every last bit of performance. In fact most of my best solutions involve a lot of LINQ, which has overhead.

I'm not talking about not caring about performance at all, I'm talking about only caring about whether you're algorithm is O(n^2) or O(nlogn). I don't care if there is something that can speed it up 25%, because 25% is negligible (to get a 25% better computer costs very little compared to the hours spent squeezing that out). If there's something that can speed it up by a factor of 100, then obviously I'm all game, but coding nicely actually helps you gain those 100-fold performance gains, because it's easier to see what's going on, and easier to code. Coding nicely only sacrifices those 25% gains, but they aren't very useful anyways.

As for contest programming, most of my solutions actually end up looking nicer than a lot of other people's real code (like code they hand in for assignments). I use a lot of higher level features like LINQ, and lambdas which keep code clean while being very quick to code in. (Last year's first qualifier I sovled in about 3 minutes using a single line of code). Yes APIs aren't as nice as I'd ideally have, because I'm pressed for time, but good code organization helps you solve problems, it doesn't hinder it.

[Cancer Sol]

I still have a LONG way to go. I only know functions basically xD

I'm not really sure what you mean by function composition, but since I don't even know what you mean by that, then I probably don't know what it even is