Buggy python submission (verdict: Runtime Error):
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import bisect
import heapq
import math
import random
import sys
from collections import Counter, defaultdict, deque
from decimal import ROUND_CEILING, ROUND_HALF_UP, Decimal
from functools import lru_cache, reduce
from itertools import combinations, combinations_with_replacement, product, permutations
from operator import add, mul, sub

sys.setrecursionlimit(10000)


def read_int():
    return int(input())


def read_int_n():
    return list(map(int, input().split()))


def read_float():
    return float(input())


def read_float_n():
    return list(map(float, input().split()))


def read_str():
    return input().strip()


def read_str_n():
    return list(map(str, input().split()))


def error_print(*args):
    print(*args, file=sys.stderr)


def mt(f):
    import time

    def wrap(*args, **kwargs):
        s = time.time()
        ret = f(*args, **kwargs)
        e = time.time()

        error_print(e - s, 'sec')
        return ret

    return wrap


@mt
def slv(S):
    N = len(S)

    @lru_cache(maxsize=None)
    def f(i, g):
        r = -sys.maxsize
        if i == N:
            return 0
        if g > 0:
            r = max(r, f(i+1, g-1) + (1 if S[i] == 'g' else 0))

        r = max(r, f(i+1, g+1) + (-1 if S[i] == 'p' else 0))

        return r

    return f(0, 0)


def main():
    S = read_str()
    print(slv(S))


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()


Fixed submission:
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import bisect
import heapq
import math
import random
import sys
from collections import Counter, defaultdict, deque
from decimal import ROUND_CEILING, ROUND_HALF_UP, Decimal
from functools import lru_cache, reduce
from itertools import combinations, combinations_with_replacement, product, permutations
from operator import add, mul, sub

sys.setrecursionlimit(10000)


def read_int():
    return int(input())


def read_int_n():
    return list(map(int, input().split()))


def read_float():
    return float(input())


def read_float_n():
    return list(map(float, input().split()))


def read_str():
    return input().strip()


def read_str_n():
    return list(map(str, input().split()))


def error_print(*args):
    print(*args, file=sys.stderr)


def mt(f):
    import time

    def wrap(*args, **kwargs):
        s = time.time()
        ret = f(*args, **kwargs)
        e = time.time()

        error_print(e - s, 'sec')
        return ret

    return wrap


@mt
def slv(S):
    p = S.count('p')
    return len(S)//2 - p


def main():
    S = read_str()
    print(slv(''.join(S)))


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Buggy python submission (verdict: Runtime Error):
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import bisect
import heapq
import math
import random
import sys
from collections import Counter, defaultdict, deque
from decimal import ROUND_CEILING, ROUND_HALF_UP, Decimal
from functools import lru_cache, reduce
from itertools import combinations, combinations_with_replacement, product, permutations
from operator import add, mul, sub

sys.setrecursionlimit(10000)


def read_int():
    return int(input())


def read_int_n():
    return list(map(int, input().split()))


def read_float():
    return float(input())


def read_float_n():
    return list(map(float, input().split()))


def read_str():
    return input().strip()


def read_str_n():
    return list(map(str, input().split()))


def error_print(*args):
    print(*args, file=sys.stderr)


def mt(f):
    import time

    def wrap(*args, **kwargs):
        s = time.time()
        ret = f(*args, **kwargs)
        e = time.time()

        error_print(e - s, 'sec')
        return ret

    return wrap


@mt
def slv(S):
    N = len(S)

    @lru_cache(maxsize=None)
    def f(i, g):
        r = -sys.maxsize
        if i == N:
            return 0
        if g > 0:
            r = max(r, f(i+1, g-1) + (1 if S[i] == 'g' else 0))

        r = max(r, f(i+1, g+1) + (-1 if S[i] == 'p' else 0))

        return r

    return f(0, 0)


def main():
    S = read_str()
    print(slv(S))


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()


Fixed submission:
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import bisect
import heapq
import math
import random
import sys
from collections import Counter, defaultdict, deque
from decimal import ROUND_CEILING, ROUND_HALF_UP, Decimal
from functools import lru_cache, reduce
from itertools import combinations, combinations_with_replacement, product, permutations
from operator import add, mul, sub

sys.setrecursionlimit(10000)


def read_int():
    return int(input())


def read_int_n():
    return list(map(int, input().split()))


def read_float():
    return float(input())


def read_float_n():
    return list(map(float, input().split()))


def read_str():
    return input().strip()


def read_str_n():
    return list(map(str, input().split()))


def error_print(*args):
    print(*args, file=sys.stderr)


def mt(f):
    import time

    def wrap(*args, **kwargs):
        s = time.time()
        ret = f(*args, **kwargs)
        e = time.time()

        error_print(e - s, 'sec')
        return ret

    return wrap


@mt
def slv(S):
    p = S.count('p')
    return len(S)//2 - p


def main():
    S = read_str()
    print(slv(''.join(S)))


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()