0x4E4F@infosec.pub to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 27 days agoNot my problem sortinfosec.pubimagemessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1765arrow-down114
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minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up48·27 days agoYou still have to check that it’s sorted, which is O(n). We’ll also assume that destroying the universe takes constant time.
minus-squareBatmanAoD@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up43·27 days agoIn the universe where the list is sorted, it doesn’t actually matter how long the destruction takes!
minus-squaregroet@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·26 days agoIt actually takes a few trillion years but its fine because we just stop considering the “failed” universes because they will be gone soon™ anyway.
minus-squareBenjaben@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·26 days ago We’ll also assume that destroying the universe takes constant time. Well yeah just delete the pointer to it!
You still have to check that it’s sorted, which is O(n).
We’ll also assume that destroying the universe takes constant time.
In the universe where the list is sorted, it doesn’t actually matter how long the destruction takes!
It actually takes a few trillion years but its fine because we just stop considering the “failed” universes because they will be gone soon™ anyway.
Eh, trillion is a constant
amortized O(0)
Well yeah just delete the pointer to it!
universe.take()