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Term for refactoring looping logic for an event loop
Constrained by a main loop outside of my control (eg: UI event loop, game loop, etc...), I have a slow (relative to the main loop's expectations) algorithm involving a loop. Thus, I have to ...
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Recursion, iteration, and ...? [closed]
Here are three common code structures that apply a function multiple times:
foo(x) {
if basecase(x) return k else return foo(g(x))
}
uses recursion.
for i in 0..10 {
n *= bar(i)
}
uses ...
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Is there a special name for a condition which will break a loop if it increments a set number of times
Is there a name for including a limitation in a loop structure to prevent it from running if its primary condition becomes unwieldy.
For example
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++){
some_function();...
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What does the English word "for" exactly mean in "for" loops?
English is not my first language, but since the keywords in programming languages are English words, I usually find it easy to read source code as English sentences:
if (x > 10) f(); => "If ...
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Term for Performance Issues Due to Looping [closed]
Is there a term for performance issues caused by someone creates a loop that performs hundreds or thousands of actions that could have been done in bulk?
My example is that I keep running into loops ...
