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   Brodie Robertson (brodieonlinux@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Jul-2025 11:13:17 JST Brodie Robertson

   Every so often I think about it but never bothered to look at the history behind the term, does anyone know why we call the tree data structure a tree and not a root structure, with how it's usually depicted roots seem to make more sense as a metaphor. I know the top node is called the root but wouldn't this metaphor make more sense flipped around.