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Re: So I did "FizzBuzz", in Java!

Newsgroups comp.lang.java.programmer
Date 2016-07-19 05:18 -0700
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Subject Re: So I did "FizzBuzz", in Java!
From Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com>

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On Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 8:14:20 AM UTC-4, Eric Sosman wrote:
>      Now: If you have a program X that produces correct output, and a
> program Y that produces no output, you will notice the defect in Y
> the first time you run it.  You will then modify Y to produce Z, which
> runs and produces the correct output.
> 
>      Question: How fast must Z be to ensure that the combined running
> time of Y plus Z is less than that of X?
> 
>      ... and that's what I mean about the "price" of efficiency.  The
> single unproductive run of Y has already dissipated more time than
> the X minus Z speedup can recoup.

What if it just leads you to question the requirements?  You find that the print requirement was actually generating a 100 page daily report no one really needed.  The program could simultaneously run faster and save trees by saving the data electronically instead.

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Re: So I did "FizzBuzz", in Java! Daniel Pitts <usenet@coloraura.com> - 2016-07-18 09:26 -0700
  Re: So I did "FizzBuzz", in Java! Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2016-07-18 10:10 -0700
    Re: So I did "FizzBuzz", in Java! Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2016-07-18 14:09 -0400
      Re: So I did "FizzBuzz", in Java! Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2016-07-18 14:00 -0700
        Re: So I did "FizzBuzz", in Java! Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2016-07-18 17:30 -0400
          Re: So I did "FizzBuzz", in Java! Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2016-07-19 05:06 -0700
            Re: So I did "FizzBuzz", in Java! Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2016-07-19 08:13 -0400
              Re: So I did "FizzBuzz", in Java! Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2016-07-19 05:18 -0700
        Re: So I did "FizzBuzz", in Java! Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2016-07-18 21:59 +0000
        Re: So I did "FizzBuzz", in Java! Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-07-18 19:51 -0400
  Re: So I did "FizzBuzz", in Java! Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-07-18 19:46 -0400

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