4B If Statements
7 days ago
- #programming
- #humor
- #performance
- A humorous exploration of using 4 billion if statements to determine if a number is even or odd.
- Critique of initial negative reactions to unconventional programming approaches.
- Implementation of the idea in C and Python, highlighting performance and scalability challenges.
- Discussion of the limitations of compilers and file formats (e.g., 4GB PE limit).
- Manual assembly and machine code generation to bypass compiler limitations.
- Performance analysis of the final solution, noting surprising efficiency despite massive data handling.
- Final working solution with a fix for unsigned number handling.