The Picard Maneuver to Programmer Humor@programming.dev • 7 months agoProgrammer tries to explain binary search to the policestartrek.websiteimagemessage-square409fedilinkarrow-up12.53K
arrow-up12.53KimageProgrammer tries to explain binary search to the policestartrek.websiteThe Picard Maneuver to Programmer Humor@programming.dev • 7 months agomessage-square409fedilink
minus-squareKalkaline linkfedilink10•7 months agoI’m pretty sure I was serious. I don’t know how people can be that clever. It seems simple once it’s explained, sure, but I wouldn’t be able to come up with that on my own without someone else giving me a problem that points me in that direction.
minus-square@khannie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•7 months agoStudied this in computer science algorithms class waaaaayyy back in 1996 and by golly this one stuck with me. It’s so simple and so effective.
I’m pretty sure I was serious. I don’t know how people can be that clever. It seems simple once it’s explained, sure, but I wouldn’t be able to come up with that on my own without someone else giving me a problem that points me in that direction.
Studied this in computer science algorithms class waaaaayyy back in 1996 and by golly this one stuck with me. It’s so simple and so effective.