News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Ask HN: Concepts that clicked only years after you first ... by arjvik on Sunday January 01, 2023 @01:52PM (#34209401)
A) I've seen this before but I've never thought of the "index as a bit-sequence describing when in the tree a left vs. right path was taken" before! This is a very nice intuitive explanation that'll really help in describing this to others.

B) Did you mean Floyd-Warshall's?

Re:Ask HN: Concepts that clicked only years after you first ... by catears on Monday January 02, 2023 @02:44AM (#34215399)
On B) yes, of course. Aaagh, all these algorithms and their indistinguishable names!