A Real Computer Scientist Will Dedicate Months Of Patient Effort To Reduce The Asymptotic Time Of An Algorithm From N Log Log N To N Log Log Log N And Never Implement It.

A Real Computer Scientist Will Dedicate Months Of Patient Effort To Reduce The Asymptotic Time Of An Algorithm From N Log Log N To N Log Log Log N And Never Implement It.

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A real computer scientist will dedicate months of patient effort to
reduce the asymptotic time of an algorithm from n log log n to n log
log log n and never implement it.

A real programmer come up with the n log log log n solution while eating
cold pizza in the morning and then implements an n^2 solution anyway.

A real software engineer derives the n log log log n solution using the
formal specification and then discards it as an implementation detail.

A real user doesn't even understand what a n log log log n solution
means.

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