Questions on Using Python to Teach Data Structures and Algorithms

[Fredrik Lundh]

Ramon Diaz-Uriarte wrote:

> Going back to the original question, a related question: does anybody
> know why there are so few books on data structures and algorithms that
> use Python?

Probably because Python has "better than textbook" implementations of 
core structures, and "better than textbook" implementations of many core 
algorithms, so lots of things can be done more efficiently by combining 
existing structures and algorithms than by using "textbook" algorithms.

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