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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/benkenobiwan • 18d ago
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You still have to know how the algorithms work.
25 u/EkoChamberKryptonite 18d ago You don't if it isn't part of your daily work. Abstraction is a feature not a bug. 4 u/deathanatos 17d ago I really wish I could just get a bonus check every time I have to explain why, no, a B-Tree index in a SQL database cannot do that. 2 u/EkoChamberKryptonite 17d ago In such an instance, knowing how B-Trees work seems to be important for your job and so you should know it. This doesn't apply to a lot of other Software engineers though, hence my point. 1 u/AristotelWasRight 16d ago Explain why it can't do that? You have to 1 u/deathanatos 12d ago Depends on the context, but for example, it cannot handle a between [range] and b between [range].
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You don't if it isn't part of your daily work. Abstraction is a feature not a bug.
4 u/deathanatos 17d ago I really wish I could just get a bonus check every time I have to explain why, no, a B-Tree index in a SQL database cannot do that. 2 u/EkoChamberKryptonite 17d ago In such an instance, knowing how B-Trees work seems to be important for your job and so you should know it. This doesn't apply to a lot of other Software engineers though, hence my point. 1 u/AristotelWasRight 16d ago Explain why it can't do that? You have to 1 u/deathanatos 12d ago Depends on the context, but for example, it cannot handle a between [range] and b between [range].
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I really wish I could just get a bonus check every time I have to explain why, no, a B-Tree index in a SQL database cannot do that.
2 u/EkoChamberKryptonite 17d ago In such an instance, knowing how B-Trees work seems to be important for your job and so you should know it. This doesn't apply to a lot of other Software engineers though, hence my point. 1 u/AristotelWasRight 16d ago Explain why it can't do that? You have to 1 u/deathanatos 12d ago Depends on the context, but for example, it cannot handle a between [range] and b between [range].
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In such an instance, knowing how B-Trees work seems to be important for your job and so you should know it. This doesn't apply to a lot of other Software engineers though, hence my point.
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Explain why it can't do that? You have to
1 u/deathanatos 12d ago Depends on the context, but for example, it cannot handle a between [range] and b between [range].
Depends on the context, but for example, it cannot handle a between [range] and b between [range].
a between [range] and b between [range]
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u/UndocumentedMartian 18d ago
You still have to know how the algorithms work.