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> There's no such thing. That's why I mentioned Coppersmith-Winograd.

Ok, but that is purely theoretical nitpick that has nothing whatsoever with what we are talking about. Algorithm courses dont teach Coppersmith-Winograd unless you are in some very special course that is designed for those few people who want exactly that out of interest and curiosity.

> Agree completely, but it's important not to oversell the theory.

The thread is about whether it was shocking for algo prof to not know C++ few dozen years ago. It is not, regardless of how useful C++ and architecture is.




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