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Incredible stochastic algorithm, gets more reliable the larger your input, incredibly fast, trivial to implement and deterministic on its inputs (lemmy.ml)
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[–] sepiroth154@feddit.nl 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

You could simplify it even further by removing the int x parameter of the function...

[–] obelisk_complex@piefed.ca 14 points 1 month ago

So elegant! This is too valuable for GitHub, sell this directly to the Saudi government.

[–] needanke@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Even better, do the work at compile time to respect the customers resources:

const bool isPrime = false
[–] sepiroth154@feddit.nl 2 points 1 month ago

My gosh, you always feel so stupid when someone points out something so obvious! Thanks