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Re: Definition of an Algorithm

From Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.arch.embedded
Subject Re: Definition of an Algorithm
Date 2022-11-01 22:18 -0700
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Rick C <gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> writes:
> Anyone familiar with this? 

Meh, there is not really an accepted formal definition, and to some
extent it is a philosophy question.  The word algorithm comes from
Arabic, but the modern notion of Turing machines is from the 1920s.

There are a bunch of viewpoints on the topic here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithm_characterizations

A further take is here:

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/computer-science/#Algo

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Definition of an Algorithm Rick C <gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> - 2022-11-01 20:04 -0700
  Re: Definition of an Algorithm Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2022-11-01 22:18 -0700
    Re: Definition of an Algorithm Rick C <gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> - 2022-11-01 22:42 -0700
      Re: Definition of an Algorithm David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-11-02 09:17 +0100
        Re: Definition of an Algorithm Rick C <gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> - 2022-11-02 11:37 -0700
          Re: Definition of an Algorithm Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2022-11-02 15:56 -0700
          Re: Definition of an Algorithm David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-11-03 09:56 +0100
          Re: Definition of an Algorithm George Neuner <gneuner2@comcast.net> - 2022-11-03 08:41 -0400
      Re: Definition of an Algorithm Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2022-11-02 14:12 -0700
  Re: Definition of an Algorithm David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-11-02 09:49 +0100
    Re: Definition of an Algorithm Rick C <gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> - 2022-11-02 11:45 -0700
      Re: Definition of an Algorithm Dimiter_Popoff <dp@tgi-sci.com> - 2022-11-02 21:29 +0200
        Re: Definition of an Algorithm Rick C <gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> - 2022-11-02 15:26 -0700
          Re: Definition of an Algorithm David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-11-03 10:25 +0100
      Re: Definition of an Algorithm Niklas Holsti <niklas.holsti@tidorum.invalid> - 2022-11-02 21:53 +0200
        Re: Definition of an Algorithm David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-11-02 21:53 +0100
        Re: Definition of an Algorithm Rick C <gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> - 2022-11-02 15:30 -0700
      Re: Definition of an Algorithm David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-11-02 22:12 +0100
      Re: Definition of an Algorithm Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2022-11-02 14:45 -0700

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