What is the difference between programming and competetive programming?

Answer 1

Competitive programming is programming in a competition, as a challenge. See
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitive_programming

Answer 2

competitive programming is optimized programming, you get an execution time and memory limit, your code has to solve a problem really fast and using minimum resources. it is really cool, i suggest you go to codefights.com and hackerrank.com if you want to give it a try.

Answer 3

@edmundo ya codefight is also cool
i also used to visit techgig , hackerrank , etc
but without knowing the diffrence in competitive nd ordinary programs😂😂