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minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up86·5 days agoThe advantage of that last approach is that it has side effects and cannot therefore be optimized out by the compiler.
minus-squareronigami@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·4 days agoThat’s only one advantage. In theory it does not necessarily terminate, so that’s another one.
minus-squarejoshchandra@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days ago In theory hypothesis To get pedantic, you’d have to test that out a whole bunch before even coming close to theory level, lol!
minus-squareronigami@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoWe already have a theory for it— called computer science.
The advantage of that last approach is that it has side effects and cannot therefore be optimized out by the compiler.
That’s only one advantage. In theory it does not necessarily terminate, so that’s another one.
To get pedantic, you’d have to test that out a whole bunch before even coming close to theory level, lol!
We already have a theory for it— called computer science.