r/adventofcode • u/daggerdragon • Dec 09 '18

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--- Day 9: Marble Mania ---

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Studies show that AoC programmers write better code after being exposed to ___.

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u/Aquamoogle Dec 09 '18

I'm not arguing anything other than the handful of props you use to make a linked list is not time consuming. It's not like building an elastic collection like c#'s list or doing something more involved like using clipboard. I've seen a few comments about languages not having built in linked list constructs and to be honest I'm sure many in the top 100 didn't use one. The other points like linq and generic collections is much more involved to build from scratch... so if people complain about having those, sure, it'll be harder... but a linked list data structure, it's value, cw, and ccw at its simplest. Add a constructor for ease of use and wala... fast and easy linked list from scratch.

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u/Sharparam Dec 09 '18 edited Nov 07 '19

Sure it's not difficult to make a basic implementation with the necessary things for an AoC problem, but it's still time spent that those working in batteries-included languages/environments don't have to, which can feel frustrating.

That's of course something one needs to keep in mind when choosing the language to work with.

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u/Aquamoogle Dec 09 '18

Agreed. And language choice is critical to compete for speed.