Compute the Median After Each Stream Insertion

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Compute the Median After Each Stream Insertion

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Compute the median after every insertion into an integer stream without repeatedly sorting the full prefix. Practice maintaining balanced data structures, handling duplicates and negatives, producing even-count averages safely, and meeting large-input time bounds.

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Compute the Median After Each Stream Insertion