The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 7 months agoProgrammer tries to explain binary search to the policestartrek.websiteimagemessage-square410fedilinkarrow-up12.52Karrow-down111
arrow-up12.51Karrow-down1imageProgrammer tries to explain binary search to the policestartrek.websiteThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 7 months agomessage-square410fedilink
minus-squareKalkaline linkfedilinkarrow-up11·7 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-squarekhannie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 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.