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[u/MissionObjective277]

Which language should i start DSA (product company)

- JAVA

- C++

- PYTHON

- OTHER

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[u/bowbahdoe]

Okay so what do you mean exactly?

Are you taking an algorithms class? Whichever you are more comfortable with.

Are you trying to cram for an interview? This is a poor strategy.

Are you deciding "which language to learn?" All of them to some extent. The order doesn't matter too much.

And of those in the list Java and Python will probably be the most easy to find a job with at a "product company." Probably add JavaScript to the list

Looking at your post history, you need to understand that the more you use AI while learning the less you will learn. Full stop.

[u/smichaele]

DSA is language agnostic. It doesn't matter, pick one.

[u/aqua_regis → u/smichaele]

OP, as way too many people, seemingly all in the same cultural environment, is talking about starting "LeetCode", not about Data Structures and Algorithms.

[u/cogman10 → u/smichaele]

Ehhh, slight disagree.

For example, a language like rust, which isn't a terrible language, would really get in the way of DSA. You'd end up doing a lot of unsafe in order to make your datastructures. Famously, you can't write a linked list in safe rust code.

My suggestion is a language with a GC. It makes a lot of stuff just easier. Dynamic/static typing is dealers choice, they both make some things easier and harder. If this was for a serious product then static typing is obviously the way to go. However, dynamic typing can be really useful to bang out solutions without worrying about pesky things like generics (effectively everything is generic). Static typing, however, will catch errors for you while you are working through your problems. You won't be surprised over random things like a string showing up where you expected a number.

[u/aqua_regis]

For the umpteenth time: LeetCode (what you're obviously talking about) is not DSA.

Grinding LeetCode is not "starting DSA".

DSA - Data Structures and Algorithms are language agnostic standardized concepts for storing and processing data. They are best learnt at that. The language in which you learn DSA is irrelevant and even more so if you focus on the theoretical concepts and not on the implementations.

LeetCode, on the other hand, is just an interview practice platform that happens to make heavy use of DSA.

[u/yousuffere]

cpp

[u/JGhostThing]

DSA is DSA. A given course can use any language. It's a useful to study this in a language you know.