Why Java at 92th place in Google AI Challenge?

2 points by touseefliaqat 15y ago ↗ HN

Any guesses why in the ranking of last Google AI Challenge, the first Java code is at 92th place?

http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/contest/rankings.php

After all its most popular language on earth. http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html

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hga 15y ago ↗

From http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/contest/starter_packages.php:

"Java

"Download the Java starter package.... [...] Note: The JVM interacts badly with the sandbox we use to run submissions, causing frequent timeouts. You are advised to choose a different language."

anactofgod 15y ago ↗

No "Tron AI" design pattern?

smile