qaz@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 2 months agoWho cares about time complexitylemmy.worldimagemessage-square69linkfedilinkarrow-up1454
arrow-up1454imageWho cares about time complexitylemmy.worldqaz@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square69linkfedilink
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoI think, their point (and also my experience) is that you get taught about it in university a lot more than about simple loops, so it feels more important even though you rarely use it in reality. Same thing goes for linked lists and inheritance…
minus-squareembed_me@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoLinked lists are encountered somewhat frequently in low level systems programming.
I think, their point (and also my experience) is that you get taught about it in university a lot more than about simple loops, so it feels more important even though you rarely use it in reality.
Same thing goes for linked lists and inheritance…
Linked lists are encountered somewhat frequently in low level systems programming.