Algorithm and Code
What came first, the algorithm or the code?
To the modern day developers, there may or may not be a clear distinction between algorithm development and coding (as it is sometimes lovingly coined).
For me personally, the algorithm always comes first. It is the attempt to define in non-ambiguous terms what exactly needs to be done and [...]
Hello world!
Why hello world? After so many decades, we’re still stuck with this. It’s the first program that any newbie programmer writes. Well at least that’s the claim to fame for this program.
I say, down with Hello World! There should be something more interesting than writing the same thing for so many years. We should move [...]
