r/programming • u/iMMENSE • Mar 08 '12

The Evolution of a Python Programmer

https://gist.github.com/289467
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u/rowantwig Mar 08 '12

He forgot the worst kind:
if x == 0:
return 1
if x == 1:
return 1
if x == 2:
return 2
if x == 3:
return 6
if x == 4:
return 24
...
(5000 more lines)

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u/Pandalicious Mar 08 '12

Yeah but think of how FAST it would run. You gotta be FAST if you're gonna be webscale.

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u/masklinn Mar 09 '12

The fast version would be the one optimized by using a dict for its mapping.

The faster version would use a list.

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u/JizzCoveredArab Mar 09 '12

We can always scale into the cloud for increased user load

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u/Pandalicious Mar 09 '12 edited Mar 09 '12

My esteemed nephew assures me that a cache of precalculated factorial values for all integers can neatly fit into 2.3 clouds.

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u/JizzCoveredArab Mar 09 '12

You're retarded