>recursion >non-determinism >relational databases Are

>recursion
how is that a meme
the biggest one is OOP

>>60373855
> recursion
> meme in computer *science*

>>60373855
Literally all 3 are essential to know for software development.

>>60373900
>>60373918
>recursion
>an inefficient way to formulate certain algorithms because your brain is dum dum to formulate them in a imperative, efficient way
>not a meme

>>60373855
Is OP being a stupid faggot the biggest meme posted in /g/?

>>60373953
You must be the Mememan.

>>60373953
>Literally all 3 are essential to know for software development.
for an edgy software development ""interview"" sure, for any real job no.

>>60375595
so flat file or no ACID? Sorry your shit job hasn't challenged you.

>>60375538
sure you are thinking of recommender guys calling themselves AI

>>60373855
I don't know what you are talking about
I'm a passionate lisper since 1997
recursion isn't a meme but everything else is

>>60373855
The biggest meme right now is artificial intelligence

>>60375231
>spend time autisming the algorithm into an efficient version
>now it is less understandable because you autismed it up
>0.02% faster than the recursive version, but took you 5x the time to write it

>>60375231
>recursion
>inefficient
Kek, what? On the planet where tail calls don't exist, maybe.

>>60373855

>recursion

Often pretty nice if you don't want to spend a lot of time fucking around with a stack.

>non-determinism

Of course there isn't "real" non-determinism, but there is chaotic determinism: things that are so unpredictable that they are "almost" non-determinism.

And of course there are things you can't predict but they can get changed at runtime, which is a sort of real non-determinism.


>relational databases

They are pretty great. I really recommend reading up database normalization. AND to understand which problems/anomalies they are trying to solve.

Of course NoSQL is a thing, but if you don't know exactly in which cases you want a NoSQL database and only jump on the Mongo/Hadoop hype train, you are a fool.

>relational databases
Nosql is the meme

>>60373855
There is plenty of unneeded wankery in your average computer science curriculum, but relational databases and recursion are something that should be known by anybody with a degree.

>>60376056
>Often pretty nice if you don't want to spend a lot of time fucking around with a stack.
Recursive algorithms can blow the program stack of your language of choice if you're not careful. I've seen pattern matching routines in C use goto instead of a recursive function call for that exact reason.

>>60376499
The only recursive algorithm that'll blow the stack is the one computing the weight of your mum m8

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>>60376282
Came here just to say this.