alt Hacker NewsDid you use this library on the advent of code 2024? I'd never heard of topological sorting prior to that problem - and it was real early in the game.
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ww520 • 04/02/2025
I didn’t take part in advent code. Topological sorting is a really old algorithm. Anything dealing with dependence would need it, like makefile.
Topological sorting is just "depth first traversal" in a trench coat. I have implemented it thrice in my day job.
It is actually more commonly implemented than any other algorithm in CS course