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#341 – Guido van Rossum: Python and the Future of Programming

Lex Fridman Podcast

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The Simplified Algorithms Are the Most Efficient

The more efficient algorithm is not so much more complex than the inefficient one. The simpler algorithms are also the ones that people invent first. When you're looking for a solution, you look at the simplest way to get there first. But mathematicians have thought about what is a good definition for simple in the case of algorithms.

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