kspiteri

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   by kspiteri 9y ago

   "To my mother, Ayn Rand and my daughter" is not ambiguous without the Oxford comma, but would be with it.
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   by kspiteri 11y ago

   > Not if N=1 ;) > (A constant amount is of course independent of N anyway!) When using O notation, we're doing asymptotic analysis and n can be arbitrarily large. If you have an arbitrarily large pointer, you cannot store the poi
3. 3.▲
   by kspiteri 11y ago

   You just need a constant number of pointers. This requires O(log n) scratch space because a pointer can be stored in O(log n) space.
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   by kspiteri 12y ago

   If you can use templates, the decision of which function to call can be done at compile time and you don't need virtual calls. Virtual calls are useful when the decision must be done at runtime.
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   by kspiteri 12y ago

   I think this is the first site I came across that is easier to read as source.
6. 6.▲
   by kspiteri 13y ago

   I usually watch soap operas to learn how different people live. It's a pity they messed up the one about start ups.