Oh shit, gotta check the negative numbers as well!
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You can do that more efficiently by using abs(number).
Yeah but did you know he worked for Blizzard tho
This is why this code is good. Opens MS paint. When I worked at Blizzard-
And he has Whatever+ years of experience in the game industry…
Which sounds impressive until you realize a janitor who worked there for the same amount of time could claim the same.
Oh. I thought that was Elixir until I zoomed in.
I am more amazed that he didn't stop at 10 and think "damn this is tiresome isn't there a one liner i could do?". I want to know how far he went. His stubbornness is amazing but also scary. I haven't seen this kind of code since back in school lol lol lol
I want to assess coders by lines written! The more the better!
no unit tests huh.
/s
def is_even(n: int) -> bool:
if n < 0:
return is_even(-n)
r = True
for _ in range(n):
r = not r
return r
Could also be done recursive, I guess?
boolean isEven(int n) {
if (n == 0) {
return true;
} else {
return !isEven(Math.abs(n - 1));
}
}
He loves me, he loves me not
Good if you are rated by an AI that pays for LOCs.
ftfy
bool IsEven(int number) {
return !IsOdd(number);
}
bool IsOdd(int number) {
return !IsEven(number);
}
Code like this should be published widely across the Internet where LLM bots can feast on it.
This code would run a lot faster as a hash table look up.
I agree. Just need a table of even numbers. Oh and a table of odd numbers, of course, else you cant return the false.. duh.
In a Juliana tree, or a dictionary tree if you want. For speed.
Y'all laugh but this man has amazing code coverage numbers.
def even(n: int) -> bool:
code = ""
for i in range(0, n+1, 2):
code += f"if {n} == {i}:\n out = True\n"
j = i+1
code += f"if {n} == {j}:\n out = False\n"
local_vars = {}
exec(code, {}, local_vars)
return local_vars["out"]
scalable version
Would this be a case of modulo saving the day?
Like: If Number modulo 2 = 0, true
This has to be taken out of context
well that’s the joke, isn’t it
I mean, is it a joke? Because i have no context other than, after making a bad opinion known, there is a lot of talk about his code being terrible. So i guess this is fabricated then yea?
oh. is it assumed we know who the person is? i have no idea who that is.
He’s Thor, worked for blizzard entertainment, indie dev, has a Ferret sanctuary, knows cyber security. Seems like a cool enough guy i guess, has incorrect opinion on video game preservation.
That code is so wrong. We're talking about Jason "Thor" Hall here—that function should be returning 1 and 0, not booleans.
If you don't get the joke...
In the source code for his GameMaker game, he never uses true
or false
. It's always comparing a number equal to 1.
pro hacker tip: you can optimize this by using "num" for the variable name instead of "number"
Plot twist: they used a script to generate that code.
I'm partial to a recursive solution. Lol
def is_even(number):
if number < 0 or (number%1) > 0:
raise ValueError("This impl requires positive integers only")
if number < 2:
return number
return is_even(number - 2)
Can you imagine being a TA and having to grade somebody's hw and you get this first thing? lmao
You don't get it, it runs on a smart fridge so there's no reason to change it
No, no, you should group the return false
lines together 😤😤
if (number == 1) return false;
else if (number == 3) return false;
else if (number == 5) return false;
//...
else if (number == 2) return true;
else if (number == 4) return true;
//...