[LRUG] Talk proposal

[Karl Freeman]

I'd second that and would give a +1 on leaving searching/sorting algorithms
out (Not that they aren't
interesting<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPRA0W1kECg>!)
but some practical examples would be excellent
(TSort<http://ruby-doc.org/stdlib-2.1.0/libdoc/tsort/rdoc/TSort.html>comes
to mind as something I've only just discovered which is right there
in the stdlib)

Karl.


On 25 February 2014 09:45, David Salgado <david at digitalronin.com> wrote:

> I would definitely be interested in that.
>
> David
>
>
> On 24 February 2014 23:49, Najaf Ali <ali at happybearsoftware.com> wrote:
>
>> Dearest LRUGgers & LRUGgettes,
>>
>> I'm thinking of putting together a talk on how learning data structures
>> and algorithms can help you do the computers better. It would likely look
>> something like this:
>>
>> * Why you should bother learning about them at all, especially if like
>> many you feel as though you'd never use them in your day job.
>> * Walk-throughs of examples, both interesting insights on workaday ones
>> you're probably familiar with and other perhaps more fruitylicious
>> constructs you may not have heard of.
>> * Practical tips for learning them and putting them to work when you're
>> at the coalface building software for the man.
>>
>> Scouts honour: I'm going to avoid the well trodden ground of
>> searching/sorting algorithms and big O notation that half of us have
>> forgotten from our CS courses and just focus on practical utility and fun
>> examples of things I've discovered on spelunking expeditions.
>>
>> Would there be any interest in such a talk?
>>
>> -Ali
>>
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