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Re:Discussion: Aren't loops the only interesting code? by kalleboo on Thursday June 30, 2011 @06:04AM (#2713317)
Isn't that simplifying things a bit? Loops are hidden everywhere, just concatenating a string is actually a loop even if there's no visible for/where, but the best optimization for that isn't speeding up the loop, it's removing the call completely.
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Re:Discussion: Aren't loops the only interesting code? by schrototo on Thursday June 30, 2011 @06:22AM (#2713355)
Right, and it's a simplification that doesn't even seem particularly useful. There's a reason why we abstract things and look at them at a higher level.
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