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Strictly speaking, for real-world computers, every algorithm which completes in a finite time can be said to be O(1)

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now the difference because of unfortunate ‘jumps’ over (uncached at the time) memory can lead to a 100x+ (!) performance difference. However, it is still O(1) and is rarely taken into account during performance analysis

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C++ is by far the king when it comes to producing obfuscated code.

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inlines and C++ templates are helping to obfuscate things very efficiently

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In other words – such an Obscured RNG would protect us from Debian RNG disaster(!)

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such a protocol (if properly deployed on the Server Side) – would defeat Heartbleed too (even if all the details of the Client are known)

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In a hypothetical world where attackers would need to create a unique attack script for each system attacked – such an economy would be a non-starter.

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If all the people would be the same - pandemics such as Black Death would easily take the whole humankind down; it is diversity among humans which allowed us to survive.