A Java implementation of persistent red-black trees open sourced

Make search go mega fast! O(log(n)) inserts and deletes on ordered lists, but with the twist that the original list before modification remains intact! Implemented by using path-copying as per “Making Data Structures Persistent” Driscoll, Sarnak, Sleator and Tarjan.

PersistentRedBlackTreeSet

This was quite tricky to implement, because you are not allowed parent pointers, so you got to keep a linked list for the way back up when diving down, whose integrity can’t be compromised when you are doing the red-black spaghetti balancing act.

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