The problem with this in practice is that you're often not the person implementing the 3rd instance. It's some other dev who comes and sees 2 copy/pasted implementations, either figures there's a good reason for it, or…
I don't know much about AI but for ML specifically Elements of Statistical Learning is fantastic. I find its explanations a lot easier to understand than other resources. I recommend you skim through it to get a taste.…
The problem with this in practice is that you're often not the person implementing the 3rd instance. It's some other dev who comes and sees 2 copy/pasted implementations, either figures there's a good reason for it, or…
I don't know much about AI but for ML specifically Elements of Statistical Learning is fantastic. I find its explanations a lot easier to understand than other resources. I recommend you skim through it to get a taste.…