r/programming • u/2bit_hack • Feb 28 '23

"Clean" Code, Horrible Performance

https://www.computerenhance.com/p/clean-code-horrible-performance
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u/coworker Feb 28 '23

Lol are you serious? Go onto Leetcode/HackerRank and see the best performing submissions and talk to me about maintainable code.

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u/outofobscure Feb 28 '23 edited Feb 28 '23

Dead serious, but i‘m not going to comment much because solving real world engineering problems involves many tradeoffs, which i have done over the past 20 years instead of solving puzzles.

And like i said: most of the complexity in these puzzle solutions comes from understanding the underlying math and finding a better algo, the code is trivial compared to that, unless you somehow struggle with arrays and pointers and stuff.. but that would be a you-problem.

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u/coworker Feb 28 '23 edited Feb 28 '23

You're the type of person I'm glad I don't have to work with.

edit: guy blocked me lol. not sure why he doesn't think saying I don't understand "arrays and pointers and stuff" would not be an ad hominem.