Mastodawn

🚂🚂 Ah, the joys of discovering a programmer's magnum opus on a #train ride—4 billion if statements to solve a #modulus problem! 😆 Only in the 21st century would we call this a "marvelous algorithm" and not a desperate cry for help from someone who missed the memo on basic math. 💾⏳
https://andreasjhkarlsson.github.io//jekyll/update/2023/12/27/4-billion-if-statements.html #programming #humor #algorithms #ride #coding #challenges #problems #HackerNews #ngated

4 billion if statements

I recently stumbled upon this screenshot while researching social media on the train. Of course, it was followed by a cascade of spiteful comments, criticizing this fresh programmer’s attempt to solve a classical problem in computer science. The modulus operation.

Blabbin’