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dom0
on Dec 17, 2016
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God's Number is 20 (2010)
> Basically mostly written with 1 and 2 chars variable names.
So just your average codebase written by a mathematician? ;)
blt
on Dec 18, 2016
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sometimes, an algorithm is so intricate that it can only be understood by reading the paper. in this case, it's much more useful to make the variable names match the paper than to attempt semantic variable names.
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So just your average codebase written by a mathematician? ;)