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Re: Writing Java code while drunk and stoned take 2

Newsgroups comp.lang.java.programmer
Date 2020-03-07 05:42 -0800
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Subject Re: Writing Java code while drunk and stoned take 2
From "C.D. Altenburg, Ph.D," <cdalten@gmail.com>

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On Friday, March 6, 2020 at 8:47:37 AM UTC-8, Daniele Futtorovic wrote:
> On 2020-03-06 14:49, C.D. Altenburg, Ph.D, wrote:
> > public boolean groupSum(int start, int[] nums, int target) {
> >   // Base case: if there are no numbers left, then there is a
> >   // solution only if target is 0.
> >   if (start >= nums.length) return (target == 0);
> >   
> >   // Key idea: nums[start] is chosen or it is not.
> >   // Deal with nums[start], letting recursion
> >   // deal with all the rest of the array.
> >   
> >   // Recursive call trying the case that nums[start] is chosen --
> >   // subtract it from target in the call.
> >   if (groupSum(start + 1, nums, target - nums[start])) return true;
> >   
> >   // Recursive call trying the case that nums[start] is not chosen.
> >   if (groupSum(start + 1, nums, target)) return true;
> >   
> >   // If neither of the above worked, it's not possible.
> >   return false;
> > }
> 
> Pretty.
> 
> > Dumbass.
> 
> Ugly.
> 

The guy is clueless, dense, and I would NEVER consider hiring someone like that for any kind of tech job at my firm in San Francisco.

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Writing Java code while drunk and stoned take 2 chad altenburg <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2020-02-27 06:00 -0800
  Re: Writing Java code while drunk and stoned take 2 nobody@example.org (Scott) - 2020-02-27 16:39 +0000
  Re: Writing Java code while drunk and stoned take 2 Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2020-02-27 09:05 -0800
  Re: Writing Java code while drunk and stoned take 2 Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2020-02-27 19:04 +0100
    Re: Writing Java code while drunk and stoned take 2 Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2020-02-27 19:05 +0100
    Re: Writing Java code while drunk and stoned take 2 Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2020-02-27 10:25 -0800
  Re: Writing Java code while drunk and stoned take 2 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2020-02-27 18:41 -0500
    Re: Writing Java code while drunk and stoned take 2 Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2020-03-01 22:50 +0100
      Re: Writing Java code while drunk and stoned take 2 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2020-03-01 19:53 -0500
        Re: Writing Java code while drunk and stoned take 2 chad altenburg <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2020-03-03 04:54 -0800
          Re: Writing Java code while drunk and stoned take 2 Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2020-03-03 14:20 +0100
          Re: Writing Java code while drunk and stoned take 2 Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2020-03-03 15:00 +0100
            Re: Writing Java code while drunk and stoned take 2 Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2020-03-03 08:19 -0800
              Re: Writing Java code while drunk and stoned take 2 chad altenburg <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2020-03-04 05:53 -0800
                Re: Writing Java code while drunk and stoned take 2 Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2020-03-04 09:59 -0800
                Re: Writing Java code while drunk and stoned take 2 chad altenburg <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2020-03-05 05:53 -0800
                Re: Writing Java code while drunk and stoned take 2 Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2020-03-05 09:29 -0800
                Re: Writing Java code while drunk and stoned take 2 "C.D. Altenburg, Ph.D," <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2020-03-06 05:49 -0800
                Re: Writing Java code while drunk and stoned take 2 Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2020-03-06 07:00 -0800
                Re: Writing Java code while drunk and stoned take 2 "C.D. Altenburg, Ph.D," <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2020-03-07 05:40 -0800
                Re: Writing Java code while drunk and stoned take 2 Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2020-03-06 17:47 +0100
                Re: Writing Java code while drunk and stoned take 2 "C.D. Altenburg, Ph.D," <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2020-03-07 05:42 -0800
                Re: Writing Java code while drunk and stoned take 2 Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2020-03-06 09:03 -0800
                Re: Writing Java code while drunk and stoned take 2 chad altenburg <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2020-03-05 07:22 -0800
                Re: Writing Java code while drunk and stoned take 2 Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2020-03-05 07:48 -0800
                Re: Writing Java code while drunk and stoned take 2 "C.D. Altenburg, Ph.D," <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2020-03-06 05:50 -0800
                Re: Writing Java code while drunk and stoned take 2 "C.D. Altenburg, Ph.D," <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2020-03-06 05:52 -0800

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