[herostratus101]

I remember learning about this in a data structures class, and it is a remarkable data structure. But the author of this article needs to pick up a copy of Strunk and White. This reads like it was written by a high school junior. Awful, awful writing.

[pzh]

It seems like the style of the article is deliberately long-winded and poetic to match the type of content that the “human readable magazine” is going for (similar to New Yorker articles). It’s likely seeking to cater to a specific niche of reader preferences.

[herostratus101]

You've got to be kidding me. The sentences are excruciating to read. New Yorker prose is in a different universe. The writing is spare and lucid. You can't evaluate the quality of prose with "wc -w".

[tracer4201]

This was one of the most insightful articles I’ve read on HN in a while, and I’d love to see more of this content or even pay a premium to some publisher who has this category of technical deep dives.

My unsolicited feedback to you - it doesn’t hurt to practice empathy. The fact that you assumed the authors primary language is English (and even if it really is - it doesn’t matter) and hold them to that bar - and you point out the data structure is something you already knew - is this the same way you provide feedback in a work environment? Don’t take this as an attack, but I guarantee you would be a short timer in my org.

[xenihn]

English may not be their first language.