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What? In the A is for Algorithms thread I wrote a little about Big Oh. However, I thought the subject deserved a little more attention. If you are looking at getting a job programming, many companies that will interview want to know if you know your Big Oh. A brief recap. Big Oh describes...

What? Algorithms are the recipes of programs. They define the step by step instructions for how the program operates. The choice of algorithms can have a profound effect on both the time it takes to run an program and the amount of memory that program uses. There are many trade offs when it...