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Whatever 'Clean Code' you write now, it'll be shit eventually and in need of a complete rewrite (programming.dev)
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[–] magic_lobster_party@kbin.run 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

New code is O(n log n), but the time benefits only kicks in when n is above 1 trillion. Otherwise it’s much slower.

[–] Beanie@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And 90% of the time, n is about 3

[–] jdeath@lemm.ee 1 points 4 weeks ago

and 99.9% of the time it is less than 10