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[–] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

// I don't know how this works, but it works, please don't touch it

the most incoherent piece of code you have seen in your life, taken directly from the Book of the Death

The OG blackbox

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 7 points 2 weeks ago

I had a PhD write that on an algorithm we refined after an all-team (6 member) code review. He quit shortly thereafter. (It wasn't that hard, just a loop unroll on the inner loop.)

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

Best not to even perceive it.