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Skimming the free chapter and ToC I'm guessing it assumes some fundamental algorithms since it takes knowing how to sort for granted.
by Scarbutt 5y ago
Skimming the free chapter and ToC I'm guessing it assumes some fundamental algorithms since it takes knowing how to sort for granted.
- mac01021 5y agoThat's not much of a prerequisite. My first programming class when I was in high school in 1998 had, as one of its in-class assignments to invent an algorithm for sorting an array of numbers and implement it in BASIC. I think most of the class, never having programmed before that semester, did just fine (though good nlogn solutions were not abundant). That said, I agree that this is probably not the _very_ first book to read to learn algorithms and data structures, as some of the simpler earlier ones seem not to be included.