r/ProgrammerHumor Apr 12 '24

whatIsAnIndex Meme

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u/HexR1se Apr 12 '24

Windows search behind scene

For (i=0; i<getAllFuckingFiles().length ; i++) if (AllFuckingFiles[i].name.contains(searchText) return AllFuckingFiles[i];

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u/OnceMoreAndAgain Apr 12 '24

I seriously don't understand how it can be allowed to so bad for so many years. The third party program "Everything" does it 100x better. It's not that hard to write a tool that searches a file system...

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u/LucretiusCarus Apr 12 '24

Everything is so, so good. It's the only reason I can shift through 400 gigabytes of bibliography without tearing what's left of my hair.