tips 4 neophytes like me

programming is the only thing that i do in my college with (extreme) regularity. i think i need not mention that i m a registered user at SPOJ. i've solved a handful of problems there. here is my profile at spoj. it was not so long when i was happy with my Turbo-C compiler... i was asked by my senior to switch to GCC and i m very grateful to him [:)].
things you need to keep in mind while solving problems.

1. they check your efficiency not your language knowlegde.
2. they run your programs at extreme cases.
   
3. finally you need a gud algorithm and proper implimentation.

thats it and you will make it Ac ( @ spoj, Ac means your solution to a particular problem has got accepted by online judges).
mostly problems are based on number theory, string matching, sorting, graph and others but the input range and time limit makes it harder to solve.
if you want to start with some easier ones then go to my profile. i usually solve easier first [:)].
thats enuf for today next time i will tell you explanation to few problems so you can solve them quite easily.