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Re:Mathematicians still don't know the fastest way to multip... by xtajv on Monday July 20, 2026 @09:40PM (#48987096)
1. Read the code 2. Don't. Encapsulate and put yourself in a position to swap out the implementation at will.

(Maybe you'll swap out an unnecessary dependency for a simple helper function of your own).

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Re:Mathematicians still don't know the fastest way to multip... by Bratmon on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @03:03PM (#48996641)
But if I followed that advice here, I would say "Obviously I don't need a library to multiply numbers" and miss the decades of research and optimization.
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