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Is java worth learning to use biginteger?
By kingofpineapples, history, 3 years ago, In English

I'm reading through Competitive Programming 3, and the book recommends that you learn java on top of c++ to use biginteger. I don't know any java, so I don't know if it is worth it to learn just to use biginteger. I've never encountered a problem outside of the uva problem set that would be greatly simplified with biginteger, so I was wondering if any more experienced programmers could give some input. Thanks!

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3 years ago, # |
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Big integers are very rarely needed in competitive programming. In fact, I don't remember any problem that requires big integers. Instead, you should print the answer modulo some number.

If I needed big integers, I would use Python instead of Java. The syntax of Java's BigInteger class is horrible.

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You can just copy someone else's big integer template.

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BigInteger with C++

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