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Mar 2020
13m 23s

Episode 10 - Topological Sort

Minko Gechev
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The chances are that the information from this episode will come in handy to you during a coding interview and likely in real life! In this episode, you'll learn the topological sort algorithm. Along the way, you'll understand what's a dependency graph and how topological sort operates on this data structure. We'll also discuss a few real-life examples wher ... Show More
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