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elchtoday at 12:29 PM2 repliesview on HN

How is "performance" defined? Does it take into account the amount of memory required in each case?


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Filligreetoday at 12:30 PM

The purpose of limiting memory use is so your computer does not become laggy as you run out of memory. We don’t do it for its own sake.

But then, what’s the point in using an inherently laggy technique to save memory?

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dist-epochtoday at 12:58 PM

first you make it correct, than you make it fast

a fast performant incomplete solution will lose to a slow correct complete one

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