Re:Linked List Problems (2002) [pdf]
by catnaroek on Saturday November 25, 2017 @02:52PM
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This amount of nontrivial, yes. Similarly, I'd expect a computer scientist to come up with a proof of correctness for either binary search or merge sort (the out of place variant) in ~30 minutes. It's not particularly difficult.
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Re:Linked List Problems (2002) [pdf]
by microtherion on Sunday November 26, 2017 @04:56AM
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The number of incorrect binary search algorithms published in the literature over the years would indicate otherwise…
I agree that reasoning about the correctness of a binary search algorithm is an important job skill for a computer scientist. Deriving the tortoise and hare algorithm on the fly, though, is not.