algorithm
Kahn algorithm
L ← Empty list that will contain the sorted elements S ← Set of all nodes with no incoming edges while S is non-empty do remove a node n from S add n to tail of L for each node m with an edge e from n to m do remove edge e from the graph if m has no other incoming edges then insert m into S if graph has edges then return error (graph has at least one cycle) else return L (a topologically sorted order)
dfs algorithm
L ← Empty list that will contain the sorted nodes while there are unmarked nodes do select an unmarked node n visit(n)
function visit(node n) if n has a temporary mark then stop (not a DAG) if n is not marked (i.e. has not been visited yet) then mark n temporarily for each node m with an edge from n to m do visit(m) mark n permanently unmark n temporarily add n to head of L