If expanded enough, you could easily arrive at the Wikipedia of data structures. A place where, without the cludge of libraries, you could dive into a topic on data structures, apply search refinement until you find a structure that seems like the best match for what you want, and then implement. Even better if at the top of code I could just put: Language c++ Use OpenData (BarnesHutt BubbleSort SVD) If only these pe…
>>If only these people would tie in with the Computer Language Benchmarks Game The Problem Based Benchmark Suite might be a better match: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pbbs/
I've never even played the "game" part of the CLBG, but there's still a whole nother layer of data porn, voyeuristic comparison wanking that draws you in. Heck, even the divisiveness of showing two numbers is enough to drive interest, cause nobody likes seeing their number worse, and everybody secretly loves knowing their choice was right.