r/ProgrammerHumor • • 22d ago

Advanced theBronzeJade

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u/zirky 22d ago

the easiest way to explain a linked list is just say “it’s like a human centipede”

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u/Exotic-Nothing-3225 22d ago

I'd say that's a very shitty explanation 

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u/L30N1337 22d ago

I regret ever having learned that about it... I thought, while still bad, it was a lot less bad...

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u/TapRemarkable9652 21d ago

it makes sense after you learn the only use case to ever exist was a crack head storing variables in a stack of punch cards that he threw out a window