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Programmer tries to explain binary search to the police (startrek.website)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/programmer_humor

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure I was serious. I don't know how people can be that clever. It seems simple once it's explained, sure, but I wouldn't be able to come up with that on my own without someone else giving me a problem that points me in that direction.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Studied this in computer science algorithms class waaaaayyy back in 1996 and by golly this one stuck with me. It's so simple and so effective.