Depth-first Versus Breadth-first Search
I wanted to share this comic from one of the geekiest web comics on the Internet. In relation to dating, which is better? A depth-first search algorithm or a breadth-first one? Hover your mouse pointer over the comic for the author’s opinion. I tend to agree. xkcd: DFS. And for those who don’t want to bother…
A breadth-first search makes a lot of sense for dating in general, actually; it suggests dating a bunch of people casually before getting serious, rather than having a series of five-year relationships one after the other.