0x4E4F@infosec.pub to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 1 year agoNot my problem sortinfosec.pubimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1imageNot my problem sortinfosec.pub0x4E4F@infosec.pub to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year 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-up1·1 year agoIn the universe where the list is sorted, it doesn’t actually matter how long the destruction takes!
minus-squaregroet@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year 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.
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