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What are some cool and obscure data structure you know of? (programming.dev)

submitted 9 months ago by protein@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

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[–] tyler@programming.dev 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Aren’t these one of the first structures you learn about in any comp sci course? Still good to know but not sure it’s obscure.

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[–] coherent_domain@infosec.pub 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Not disagreeing with you, but I find it funny that this is the only data structure I have not heard of in this entire thread 🤣

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[–] tyler@programming.dev 1 point 9 months ago

Haha that is pretty funny. 😂

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[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 2 points 9 months ago

Old tech is more like it. Good basics but you wouldn't code in ASM must of the time even if you learned it.

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