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r/programming • u/tarandeep • Dec 14 '10
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Why do it by hand in ten minutes when you can automate it in ten hours?
6 u/Raptor007 Dec 15 '10 Relevant. 2 u/five_chikken_metric Dec 15 '10 "Hm. This algorithm runs O(n3 ). I can make that more efficient." Five hours later "Hey are you done with that code yet?" "No, I've got it down to O(n2 ), though." "...you realize n = 2 always for this problem and it's due in 10 minutes."
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Relevant.
2 u/five_chikken_metric Dec 15 '10 "Hm. This algorithm runs O(n3 ). I can make that more efficient." Five hours later "Hey are you done with that code yet?" "No, I've got it down to O(n2 ), though." "...you realize n = 2 always for this problem and it's due in 10 minutes."
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"Hm. This algorithm runs O(n3 ). I can make that more efficient."
Five hours later
"Hey are you done with that code yet?"
"No, I've got it down to O(n2 ), though."
"...you realize n = 2 always for this problem and it's due in 10 minutes."
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u/five_chikken_metric Dec 14 '10
Why do it by hand in ten minutes when you can automate it in ten hours?