Comment by jdhwosnhw
1 day ago
Thats not how big-O notation works. You don’t know what proportionality constants are being hidden by the notation so you cant make any assertions about absolute runtimes
1 day ago
Thats not how big-O notation works. You don’t know what proportionality constants are being hidden by the notation so you cant make any assertions about absolute runtimes
It is true that big-O notation does not necessarily tell you anything about the actual runtime, but if the hidden constant appears suspiciously large, one should double-check whether something else is going on.