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I started working at my town’s library during the summer, putting books away. When I later started to learn about algorithms and data structures, I kept thinkin
by teeray 5y ago
I started working at my town’s library during the summer, putting books away. When I later started to learn about algorithms and data structures, I kept thinking back to pushing that cart of books around the stacks (sorting them ahead of time was faster), rebalancing the distribution of books among a shelf, etc. Tons and tons of CS concepts are made physical in the library.