On the Order Of

[t3knomanser]

Programmers, when they're really concerned with being efficient, will often start talking about "Big O" or "Order". There's a lot of interesting math behind this, but what it boils down to is a very simple concept- how many operations does it take to solve a certain problem, using a certain algorithm? I'm going to simplify things here, ignore the

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[canissum]

g That's the thing about constants. They may not matter in theory, but they have a way of sneaking up on you in practice.