This is the second in my series of algorithm posts in trying to become a better programmer. Counting sort is possibly my favorite of the sorting algorithms because it looks so complicated at first glance, but its actually very simple and graceful. ....
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This is the first post in my quest to be a better programmer. Quicksort is one of the 'standard' sorting algorithms. Its fairly easy to implement, and normally runs fairly quickly. I've implemented quicksort in both C and Scheme, although I think my Scheme implementation is more of a pseudo-quicksort due to a reluctance to break from the functional style encouraged by Scheme syntax. ....
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In an attempt to be a better programmer, and even better student, I'm undertaking a new mini-project: I will make a series of blog posts whereby I describe a particular (well known) algorithm, then provide an implementation in 2 different programming languages. ....
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So I was casually browsing blogs and twitter posts this morning and came across a bunch of links to a new twitter application called Tweeter Getter. Essentially this is a twitter pyramid scheme to get you *thousands* of followers. ....
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I move to New York City in July with my soon-to-be fiance and while we're very excited, the amount work required in order to make it happen is staggering ....
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