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		chubot on Oct 28, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What is the most beautiful piece of code y... The OP should have mentioned that it's this algorithm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reservoir_sampling IMO it's a lot clearer if it's not in Perl ... The pseudocode in Wikipedia also avoids division.

ChristianGeek on Oct 28, 2019 [–]

IMO it’s a lot clearer if it’s not in Perl

What isn’t?

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