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Who cares about time complexity (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by qaz@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 32 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I think it depends; some smart code is good actually, think 0x5f3759df. As long as you properly document it and leave plenty of comments. This one is not smart though, at best it's what I would call witty.

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days ago

I'd accept that "smart code" and "clever code" are 2 different things

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

Fast inverse square root eh?

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago

This isn't smart. This is clever. It's a way to solve a problem in a novel way. It isn't the best, or even most obvious, way to solve the problem. It's just interesting.