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As basic as it is, and completely uninventive, I've always loved Dijkstra's algorithm. It was probably the algorithm that cemented my love of computer science,

As basic as it is, and completely uninventive, I've always loved Dijkstra's algorithm. It was probably the algorithm that cemented my love of computer science, it's such an elegant solution to a problem and so simple once you understand it.

taeric 10y ago
Why "uninventive?"
- samcal 10y ago
  I believe GP meant that picking Dijkstra's is an uninventive answer to the question of a favorite algorithm, since it's very well-known.
  - taeric 10y ago
    Ah that makes sense.
rak00n 10y ago
I was always thought it was a greedy way of doing a breadth first search.