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The Developer's Silence

A developer has a workday of T minutes (from time 0 to T). They have N scheduled meetings, each represented by [start, end). The developer wants to find the longest continuous block of time available for deep work where no meetings are scheduled. Meetings may overlap. Input Format: The first line contains T and N. The next N lines contain start and end times. Output Format: A single integer representing the length of the longest gap. Example: Input: 480 2 100 150 200 250 Output: 230 (Gaps are 0-100, 150-200, 250-480. Longest is 230.)

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