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Rishit Khandelwal
Rishit Khandelwal

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whats the worst program you can make for squaring a number.

#theworsethebetter #slow #programming

Try making a ultimate slow program to square a number, or share a program you have made previously.
The slower the better.
But each iteration should do something, dont loop for ever and then print the square like this:

function square(x) { while(true) {} console.log(x*x) }
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Ok, now comment your slow program in the comments ;)

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MiguelMJ • 
int square(int x){ int result = 0; for(int i=0; i < x; i++){ int acc = 0; for(int j = 0; j < x; j++){ acc = acc+1; } for(int k = acc; k > 0; k--){ result = result+1; } } }
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This is the stupidest way I could think of, maybe even a little far-fetched 😂

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ncpa0cpl • • Edited 
const square = (n: number) => { n = Math.abs(n); while(true) { const result = Math.random() * Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER; if(result % n === 0) { let c = result; let d = 0; while(true) { c -= n; d++; if(c === 0) break; } if(d === n) return result; } } }
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DISCLAIMER
This for all I know may crash the browser tab it's running in.

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agtoever •

Just add 1s and create a new object for a*b times. Python implementation.

Try it online!

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Rishit Khandelwal •

Could be even slower than that. 🤓