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Re:50 Algorithms Every Programmer Should Know (Second Edition) by rich_sasha on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @03:33AM (#38851941)
I have one or two Packt books that are very good. But overall agreed.

This seems like a strange mix of "hard" algorithms like sorting or binary search, and ML things like k-means clustering. Not sure who the intended audience is.

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Re:50 Algorithms Every Programmer Should Know (Second Edition) by wyclif on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @03:36AM (#38851955)
The intended audience is the legions of people grinding Leetcode and going through our industry's ridiculous interviewing process.
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Re:50 Algorithms Every Programmer Should Know (Second Edition) by usrbinbash on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @05:04AM (#38852377)
They would be better served with more focused books however.
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Re:50 Algorithms Every Programmer Should Know (Second Edition) by mlrtime on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @08:08AM (#38853607)
Better served pre or post interview?

I'd argue they're better served doing leetcode (given finite time) to land the job, THEN reading this book to become better at their job.

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Re:50 Algorithms Every Programmer Should Know (Second Edition) by rtaylorgarlock on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @11:54AM (#38856336)
I came here to specifically look for this comment, and... well, the rest says a lot about HN ;)
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