How does a programming joke cause me physical pain?
this post was submitted on 04 Nov 2025
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I mean, it’s basically O(1), right? :p
I mean, it does scale with the size of the input. Just not with the count of inputs, but rather the size of each input element.
Or just the size of the largest input?
Oh yeah, I do think setTimeout executes in parallel, so only the largest element determines the execution time. It was difficult enough to make that sentence make sense, so I didn't want to cram that detail in as well. 🙃
O(shit)
If it is stupid and it works it’s not stupid.
I’m going to use it
PR:
- setTimeout(() => console.log(item), item)
+ setTimeout(() => console.log(item), Math.log(item))
Comment: This will speed up sort time greatly. However, sort order may become erratic for longer lists, and lists with numbers less than 1