Re^8: "Cleverness" from HOP

I suspect that the programmer in question became enamored with his solution and did not consider whether or not it was warranted

Exactly. Focused on his solution, no thoughts or foresight about anything else. This is what I said that you seemed to contradict.

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Re^9: "Cleverness" from HOP by gwadej (Chaplain) on Jun 12, 2009 at 13:11 UTC
I guess I'm not being clear enough. I was trying (and failing, obviously) to distinguish between a naive implementation that did not consider future expansion (the `N^3` algorithm I mentioned at the bottom) and an overly-complex solution that did not meet current needs. To some extent, I guess they are points on an implementation spectrum caused by the same problem...focusing solely on the solution, not the problem. Thanks for helping me clarify this in my own mind. G. Wade	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^9: "Cleverness" from HOP
by gwadej (Chaplain) on Jun 12, 2009 at 13:11 UTC

I guess I'm not being clear enough. I was trying (and failing, obviously) to distinguish between a naive implementation that did not consider future expansion (the N^3 algorithm I mentioned at the bottom) and an overly-complex solution that did not meet current needs.

To some extent, I guess they are points on an implementation spectrum caused by the same problem...focusing solely on the solution, not the problem.

Thanks for helping me clarify this in my own mind.

G. Wade

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