The nastiness problem in computer sciencecacm.acm.org 10 pointsmikebike15 years ago1 commentSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−RodgerTheGreat15yI wonder if our tendency to consider and plan for worst-case scenarios (time and space complexity analysis for algorithms, covering every edge case in implementations, etc.) is somehow related to this perceived negativity?
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I wonder if our tendency to consider and plan for worst-case scenarios (time and space complexity analysis for algorithms, covering every edge case in implementations, etc.) is somehow related to this perceived negativity?