Does compile-time count against you?

[Zach_the_Lizard]

Hello all,

I was wondering if, for the time limits on problems, the compile time of the program counts against you. Let's say, for example, we use some template magic in C++ to generate the factorial of, say, 50,000 at compile time. This will probably take a lot of time. Would this count against us?

Thanks in advance.

[wiele_sof]

Hi,
no, it won't. Only run time is taken into consideration.
However there are strict time limits for compilation, depending on language, so usually it is impossible to performe "magic" of that kind