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lysdexic@programming.devM to Data Structures and Algorithms@programming.devEnglish · 2 years ago

Why are algorithms called algorithms? A brief history of the Persian polymath you’ve likely never heard of

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Why are algorithms called algorithms? A brief history of the Persian polymath you’ve likely never heard of

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lysdexic@programming.devM to Data Structures and Algorithms@programming.devEnglish · 2 years ago
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Our modern lives are influenced by algorithms at every step. We can trace this influence back more than 1,200 years ago – to a Muslim mathematician.
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    Wait wait wait, I thought “Algorithms” was the name of Al Gore’s calypso album.

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      Boy, that joke. How low can you go.

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        I’m not above scraping bottom

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      Impressive effort.

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