If i already know python, should i learn C++ for competitive programming?

Question

I know a lot in python. Now, i have decided that, i will spend time doing some serious Competitive programming. Should i start learning C++ for this now or should i continue with python?

Answer 1

Although main focus in cp would be on the algorithm that you choose to solve the problem, using C++ sometimes makes it possible to crack some problems with relatively less efficient algorithm because of it's speed.

That being said, all the problems are designed in such a way that it should be possible to solve them in the given amount of time in any language that they allow. Some competitions also provide a longer time limit for slower languages like python.
So i think you will rarely encounter a place where your choice of language will bottleneck your performance in cp.

Answer 2

I think you should learn c++ for cp major reason is stl it has some prebuild data structures which saves your time on contest time.
And also I seee almost 70 to 80 percent of people do coding in c++ so there will be better community for c++.
And lot of site which have very good info for cp uses c++ for example codes.
So I think you should learn c++ for cp if you can

Answer 3

As I guess you should continue to learn Python as you have a plenty of other courses unfinished.
So keep learning Python and after that you can learn C++ more easily.