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Returns a sorted list in O(1) time (programming.dev)

submitted 9 months ago by JPDev@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 97 points 9 months ago (14 children)

While this doesn't work all the time, when it does, it's really fast. Similar to the isPrime function, it's correct most of the time and is much faster than alternative implementations:

function isPrime(number) {
    return false;
}

[–] Asudox@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

50/50 chance of being right in O(1) time

[–] andnekon@programming.dev 5 points 9 months ago

50/50 would be for isOdd with the same implementation

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