Re: A Definition of an Algorithm

No. your definition of an "algorithm" is what everyone would call a
"program".
A teacher can teach an algorithm in the class and then assign it to the

class.
Each of the 200 students in the class will produce a different program
(assuming no
cheating). Does that mean that there are 200 different algorithms?

I think not.


There is one algorithm and there are 200 implimentations of that one
algorithm.


Read the first page two pages of the paper to see what is wrong with
your
definition of an algorithm.


All the best,
Noson

.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: A Definition of an Algorithm
    ... A teacher can teach an algorithm in the class and then assign it to the ... Each of the 200 students in the class will produce a different program ... the expressing and the thing that is expressed. ...
    (comp.ai.philosophy)
  • Re: [QUIZ] Found Senryu (#224)
    ... I had no idea where to start with a 'syllable-counting' algorithm ... Yeah, that stumped me too. ... I felt like it was cheating a bit to use the Lingua::EN package. ...
    (comp.lang.ruby)
  • Re: DSL-savvy sheddi to the bridge, please.
    ... process so that's cheating. ... Nobody's pretending it's a general porpoise compression ... algorithm, it's just a tool that does the job. ...
    (uk.rec.sheds)
  • Re: DSL-savvy sheddi to the bridge, please.
    ... Mmmm er very impressive but Courgette uses a disassembler during the ... process so that's cheating. ... algorithm, it's just a tool that does the job. ...
    (uk.rec.sheds)
  • Re: 3DES
    ... 3DES is an algorithm. ... It can be implimented in hardware or it can be ... There are many C implimentations in software. ... So all you need is DES. ...
    (sci.crypt)