PlaugeofRage t1_ix21zdi wrote on November 20, 2022 at 3:29 AM

Reply to comment by chumloadio in TIL after a seizure left him paralyzed except for his left eyelid, Jean-Dominique Bauby (1952-1997) wrote the bestselling book "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" by blinking to select each letter as an assistant recited the alphabet to him. by chumloadio

I would have thought a 5x5 array with e separate would be quick go row then column.

Careful_Yannu t1_ix28uw3 wrote on November 20, 2022 at 4:31 AM

Honestly my vague memories of first year programming were suggesting a binary search (first half of the alphabet or second, first half of your subsequent selection or second) but a grid is much faster.

Schemen123 t1_ix2giwg wrote on November 20, 2022 at 5:50 AM

Trees are much faster, they only need to store what's actually there.

A matrix only works better when its full.

Of course its way easier to understand

Trythenewpage t1_ix2vtbm wrote on November 20, 2022 at 9:14 AM

Which letter you cutting?

diox8tony t1_ix379gm wrote on November 20, 2022 at 11:57 AM

SanguinePar t1_ix3o9ou wrote on November 20, 2022 at 2:45 PM

Don't even need to cut one, just have a 6th column with the least used letter and chances are it'll hardly ever get that far anyway.

PlaugeofRage t1_ix3xtid wrote on November 20, 2022 at 3:57 PM

With e separate