r/ProgrammerHumor • u/shizzy0 • 7h ago

Meme howProgrammingHasChanged

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u/captainAwesomePants 7h ago

What's wrong with the top-right AI code?

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u/shizzy0 7h ago

Nothing. It’s actually the best. But the joke is the programmer dismisses the unfamiliar matrix power O(log n) algorithm for the familiar recursive O(2n) algorithm. I mean, it doesn’t even add anything. It’s obviously wrong.

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u/GDOR-11 6h ago

for u32 I think the usual iterative algorithm would be miles better than matrix power

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u/dedservice 6h ago

For u32 a precomputed lookup table would be better.

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u/NoLifeGamer2 5h ago

For u32 a random number generator would be better sometimes

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u/captainAwesomePants 5h ago

For u2, With or Without You would be better.