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cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/3062545

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[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago

Man i remember learning this in CS class

[–] Zatore@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I thought we got algorithm from al-gore-ithm

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago

My algorithms could be considered gore

[–] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago

I thought the boss that came after Knuth was John Conway, due to Knuth's up-arrows vs Conway's chained arrows.

[–] BellaDonna@mujico.org 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Isn't this more accurately understood as Mohammad son of Algorithm?

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