Comments on: Brute Force and Excellence: Using the simple solution to a coding problem http://www.programming4scientists.com/2009/02/09/brute-force-and-excellence-using-the-simple-solution-to-a-coding-problem/ Software development wisdom and common-sense for the scientist-programmer Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:05:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ben http://www.programming4scientists.com/2009/02/09/brute-force-and-excellence-using-the-simple-solution-to-a-coding-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-158 Ben Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:45:13 +0000 http://www.programming4scientists.com/?p=436#comment-158 Microsoft use this technique in Excel. The simple, and very slow, implementation is used to test the optimized, and hideously complex, implementation. If they disagree an error is thrown. This idea is also used in critical systems (aircraft etc.) where different implementations of the same rules are tested against each other by a decider. Microsoft use this technique in Excel. The simple, and very slow, implementation is used to test the optimized, and hideously complex, implementation. If they disagree an error is thrown.

This idea is also used in critical systems (aircraft etc.) where different implementations of the same rules are tested against each other by a decider.

]]> By: Rich http://www.programming4scientists.com/2009/02/09/brute-force-and-excellence-using-the-simple-solution-to-a-coding-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-157 Rich Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:38:57 +0000 http://www.programming4scientists.com/?p=436#comment-157 Good point. Actually, I think that's very important. Thanks for the input! Good point. Actually, I think that’s very important. Thanks for the input!

]]> By: Alexander Grünewald http://www.programming4scientists.com/2009/02/09/brute-force-and-excellence-using-the-simple-solution-to-a-coding-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-156 Alexander Grünewald Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:19:26 +0000 http://www.programming4scientists.com/?p=436#comment-156 "You can always replace it…" there is another argument you could mention in this paragraph. Sometimes you can simply reuse the brute force implementation to validate the correctness of a cleverer (but complex) approach. “You can always replace it…”

there is another argument you could mention in this paragraph. Sometimes you can simply reuse the brute force implementation to validate the correctness of a cleverer (but complex) approach.

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