The East Campus Nth Annual Python Bee

[acumen321]

why are there so many dumb comments saying his code was wrong. it was damn right. and he did it without a screen. damn.

[PantherTrax]

@Orbofs: Try doing that without seeing your screen or writing anything down - if you forget your last character, you're done.

If MIT Comp. Sci. students can't do it, it's hard.

[Orbofs]

my answer

[Orbofs]

I solved this in 15 seconds in my head. Is he serious?

[john3verse5]

Cool :D

[leostein]

The singular of parentheses is parenthesis.

[emptist]

sorry but "())(" will return true and that is wrong

[Zolovian]

@emptist Actually, it would return False on the third run of the for.

[TheTurboChan]

@emptist I'm not familiar with Python but I believe the "if lvl<0: return false" catches that condition. The moment the counter "lvl" goes negative it will return false.

[emptist]

test if I can comment

[scboesch]

This is like playing Singpath.com blind. Very cool.

[bovinespongiformflu]

python is the only language i find acceptable, is that bad?

[danieLs0xFF]

"return lvl == 0" instead of all "if, else, etc.."

[codewarrior0]

@danieLs0xFF Seriously!

[foggydoggydoo]

you really don't need the if <0 statement

[MichaelCiuffo]

@foggydoggydoo You actually do. Otherwise, ")(" would return True.

[gtincan]

Wow, that guy at the end.

[dannysplace7]

I'd be saying. "Whos the dirty hippy playing guitar! I'm trying to code here!"

[TropicalPickle]

the game where the loser gets more pussy

[LFZ15]

@TropicalPickle not at MIT, he don't.

[sprrwhwk]

I love how the entire room knows the second guy's is wrong as soon as he says "final answer" and before any test cases are executed. <3

[jshowalter]

@TheAbstractMethod He was right, because he checked after each character whether the count was less than zero. In your example, the count would be -1 after the third character and f would return False.

[mchampanis]

@TheAbstractMethod actually no, he checks if the count goes below zero, which it would if there too many closing parentheses

[TheWiiZone]

HI EVERYBODY!!!!

[jjooeejj]

@TheWiiZone

Hi. Dr. nick!!!

[flipdogorl]

@TheWiiZone We were announcing the next event. The video editor is just really good at cutting things off.

[JofoTubin]

"tab tab tab" fuck that. I'll stick to ruby, thanks.

[MiskatonicSC2]

@JofoTubin

tabs are actually usually automatic in python - you can see him delete the space on-screen; he's just dictating how many tabs are necessary for accuracy's sake.

[JofoTubin]

@MiskatonicSC2 You mean they're automatic in his editor, not python the language. Yes, my vi setup is awesome, as well. My point is python the tabs *have* to be there in python. If I were dictating the same function in ruby, I'd just say "space" and get on with things that matter instead of wondering "wait...how many tabs did I say on that last line?"

[af202020]

@JofoTubin you're picking your programming language based on which one is easier to dictate? Personally I use a keyboard for programming.

[cottonvibes]

@af202020 no, his point is that languages that use white-space indentation to delimit blocks suck.

when it comes to programming languages, all whitespace should be treated the same. Giving different amounts of white-space different meanings, just limits the way you can structure your code.

[Zizhou]

This is just bad form. Where are their comments?

[gbo2k69]

This guy doesn't even have a neck beard. Why didn't they type "oh shit"

[gbo2k69]

This guy doesn't even have a neck beard.

[RevalutionDemonKilla]

I NEED SO MUCH MORE OF THIS.

[ItBurnsSomehow]

NEEEEEERDS!!!!!!!!!!

[500killer]

@ItBurnsSomehow

enjoy bagging groceries

[correip]

the only thing more exciting than watching people write code is watching people dictate code!

I kid, I kid

[BrianKamrany]

rofl

[Evilfisher]

gay

[fukuppppppppp]

@Evilfisher as your brain

[bonchbonch]

@Evilfisher You'll be working for these people someday.

[laofmoonster]

this is so cruel