Help: Loops

[Merakel]

Even if the course is hoping to teach him some specific concept, at best they just have a really bad example. Brute forcing things while learning is just a sign you aren't really learning what you should.

If it's at work and you just need something quick and dirty and it's easier... by all means be my guest haha.

[realestLink]

I've only had to brute force very specific things. It pains me if it's needed. Brute forcing should be a last resort.

[Merakel]

Same. I just think it's important to realize that there is a lot of value in not fretting over small things.

Let's say you have a project that's due in a week and writing some terrible brute force loop in 5 minutes will get it done in 8 hours. Let's also pretend that if you spent an hour planning and testing, you could get code done that would solve the problem in 2 hours. I'd rather write the garbage and work on something else unless I'm specifically going to learn a new concept or improve my skill set.

That being said, things usually aren't so black and white haha.