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[-] manxu@piefed.social 11 points 5 days ago

we traced the issue to a 15-year-old Git function with O(N²) complexity and fixed it with an algorithmic change, reducing backup times exponentially.

I feel like there is something wrong with this sentence.

[-] Deebster@infosec.pub 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Seem ok to me, both in grammar and what it's saying about the change. O(N²) to O(N) would be an exponential drop (2 down to 1, in fact).

[-] Bogasse@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 days ago

It's at least misleading 😛

But I have to agree that for any non-math people this would convey the right idea, whereas "quadratic improvement" would probably not mean anything 🤷

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