We don't like exponential algorithms, or at least you shouldn't like them, because they blow up quickly. And we saw some examples of that. And unfortunately, some problems are inherently exponential, you're sort of stuck with that, and then you just have to try be as clever as you can.

我们并不喜欢指数算法，至少你不应该喜欢，因为他们会,爆炸式的增长，我们将看到,这样的例子，不幸的是，一些问题先天是指数型的，你会被它们稍稍的卡住,然后你就得尽可能的发挥你聪明才智了。

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