Reading material

If you use the first edition of the textbook, follow the reading material in orange. If you use the second edition, follow the reading material in brown.

(1st) pages 204-215 (Section 6.1.1-6.2.2)

(2nd) pages 286-297 (Section 7.1.1-7.2.2)

Additional material

Implementation of a priority queue with a (un)sorted sequence in pseudocode: PostScript and PDF

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Comparator
IntegerComparator

Question

If you need an implementation of a priority queue, would you use the implementation by means of an unsorted sequence or the one by means of a sorted sequence?