I was reading a cryptography textbook, and I came across an algorithm that reminded me why I often dislike descriptions of algorithms in textbooks. This is a short post going over this example, and thinking about how to improve these descriptions.
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- January 16, 2021
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Let's Describe Algorithms Better -
- December 05, 2020
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A simple algorithm for UNIX's TreeThis morning I decided to implement my own version of UNIX’s classic
tree
command in Rust. I thought the algorithm was both non-trivial, and interesting enough to warrant a quick blog post.