Spent a bunch of time learning about text diffing algorithms this evening.
"Myers Algorithm" refers to a specific paper written by Eugene Myers, and he published faster algorithms later!
https://github.com/Wilfred/difftastic/wiki/LCS-Algorithms
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Learning software development through playing and contributing to a MUD: https://tashian.com/articles/how-i-learned-to-program/
Is there a programming equivalent of the strawberry problem, i.e. a specific coding task that LLMs are consistently bad at?
The niche of short, environment-specific scripts, and the consequences for programming language design choices: https://brrt-to-the-future.blogspot.com/2021/03/why-bother-with-scripting.html