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...the 50 algorithms that every programmer should know.

Enough with the "everyone should know everything". I have had a fairly long and successful career as a software developer and I don't know half that stuff off the top of my head. I think it's important to know that they exist and where to look for them, but very few developers really need this on a day to day basis.




People in the education business have incentives to increase what we should learn from them, rather than learn by doing. :-) Education is very useful, but I scratch my head about the size of some of these lists.


Phew. These lists can be interesting, but I was beginning to feel like a fraud!




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