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   Y A to Richard Heathfield   
   Re: What I like about programming . . .   
   10 Feb 23 03:06:31   
   
   From: air000000000000@ya.ee   
      
   I hate programming.   
      
      
      
   On Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 10:53:15 PM UTC+2, Richard Heathfield wrote:   
   > On 07/02/2023 7:53 pm, Stefan Ram wrote:   
   >   
   >    
   >   
   > > When things get more complicated, it becomes more difficult,   
   > > to get your opponent to admit that you are right. For example,   
   > > you cannot write a program that shows the complexity of an   
   > > algorithm in a convincing manner.   
   > >   
   > > Of course, it is also possible that I am the one who is wrong.   
   >   
   > Loop through from 1 to N.   
   >   
   > Count c comparisons, say, on each iteration.   
   >   
   > print n,c   
   >   
   > You now have CSV data you can feed to Libre Office or the   
   > spreadsheet program of your choice to make a nice pretty graph.   
   >   
   > With big enough N it should show you most of what you need.   
   >   
   > Of course, it is also possible that I am the one who is wrong.   
   > But I think I just showed that not only /can/ you write such a   
   > program, but it isn't even very difficult.   
   >   
   > --   
   > Richard Heathfield   
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