News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on O-notation considered harmful (use Analytic Combinatorics instead). Parent comment

Re:O-notation considered harmful (use Analytic Combinatorics... by 10098 on Sunday February 10, 2013 @04:52PM (#5198087)
This. I can't comprehend it when people use sort() to find the min/max element instead of a linear scan. And yes, I've seen it happen.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:O-notation considered harmful (use Analytic Combinatorics... by lucian1900 on Monday February 11, 2013 @07:33AM (#5200461)
That's not a particularly bad example, only O(n) vs O(n logn).
[ Parent | on HN ]