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authorVincent Ambo <mail@tazj.in>2021-12-13T22·51+0300
committerVincent Ambo <mail@tazj.in>2021-12-13T23·15+0300
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+def find_sum(xs):
+    result = float('-inf')
+    streak = 0
+    for x in xs:
+        result = max(result, streak, x)
+        if streak + x <= 0:
+            streak = x
+        else:
+            streak += x
+    return result
+
+
+x = [2,-8,3,-2,4,-10]
+assert find_sum(x) == 5
+print("Success!")