Re: Programmer's unpaid overtime.

From: Programmer Dude (Chris_at_Sonnack.com)
Date: 12/10/03 

Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 17:05:33 -0600

"Edward G. Nilges" wrote:

> Its x**n, which is x**n+0, which is technically polynomial.

x^n is already a polynomial.

> By polynomial' (polynomial prime) I mean polynomials of sufficiently
> low rank.

[snicker] You do realize you're talking to people who really DO
understand this stuff, don't you? And we know you're just making
this stuff up.

> x**2 can be mathematically transformed by a degenerate operation into
> a polynomial by adding zero.

It already is. Polynomials have the basic form: ax^0 + bx^1 + cx^2
....
If any of the constants (a, b, ...) are zero, that term vanishes.
If any constant is one, that term reduces to x^n.

Basic HS algebra, Ed.

> Chris on the other hand believes that you can "do" tokenizing without
> having the courage to apply the theory,..

Wrong again. It's *because* I do understand the theory that my versions
blew the doors off yours (AND were far more maintainable and readable).

> Chris wants to run benchmarks and he thinks they prove things.

In this case they proved that your code sucked.
Other tests demonstrated that it was, in fact, broken in design. 

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