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Re:Why Layoffs Don't Work by WalterBright on Sunday March 09, 2025 @09:32PM (#43316005)
> rote memorization of a provided function.

I never mesmerized strstr(). But using it frequently makes it stick in my mind.

Re:Why Layoffs Don't Work by giantg2 on Sunday March 09, 2025 @10:41PM (#43316470)
Not everyone uses it (or their language equivalent) frequently depending on the needs of their project. If I'm really using it frequently, then I would probably be looking at higher accuracy/resiliency options like parsing the input and comparing to a map, or regexes.