It is easier to fall off the log than to stay on it.

VOA: special.2009.06.07

We started off talking about binary search, and I suggested that this was a log algorithm which it is, which is really kind of nice.

我告诉了你们这是一个对，数级的算法，这是很棒的,我们来一起看看这个算法到底做了什么。

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Log n Log n, because at each stage I'm cutting the problem in half. So I start off with n then it's n n/2 n/4 n/8 over two n over four n over eight.

因为总共有多少层？,因为在每一层，我都是把问题分解成两半,因此以n开始，然后是。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

And their meaning is as easy to understand as "falling off a log."

VOA: special.2009.06.07

In fact,it would be as easy as "falling off a log".

VOA: special.2009.06.07

"As easy as falling off a log" is one such expression.

VOA: special.2009.06.07