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S7:E1 - "The AVL balancing act"

Jul 24, 201923 minTranscript available on Metacast
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Episode description

When you're dealing with data structures like trees, the balance of its "leaves" (data/nodes) matters. The moment a tree becomes unbalanced, it loses its efficiency, much like a real life tree bending to the weight of one side, unable to efficiently stand tall and grab the light of the sun. Don't let your garden grow full of lopsided saplings, and make sure to plant some AVL trees--your efficient runtime hangs in the balance. Based on Vaidehi Joshi's blog post, "The Little AVL Tree That Could".