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Re:Happiness is more like poetry than algorithms by planetzero on Sunday February 02, 2020 @07:51PM (#22220557)
Aren't most human emotions more like poetry than algorithms?
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Re:Happiness is more like poetry than algorithms by symplee on Sunday February 02, 2020 @08:16PM (#22220671)
Almost.

Laziness = minimum spanning tree

Love = merge sort

Sadness = reversing a linked list

But yes, all other emotions are iambic pentameter poetry.

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Re:Happiness is more like poetry than algorithms by vga805 on Sunday February 02, 2020 @08:49PM (#22220807)
This is one of my favorite hn comments ever.
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Re:Happiness is more like poetry than algorithms by joe_the_user on Sunday February 02, 2020 @10:15PM (#22221137)
Why can't poetry be algorithms?

or

Why can't algorithms be poetry, for that matter?

The potential of algorithms hasn't been fully explored imo. And perhaps the potential of poetry hasn't either.

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Re:Happiness is more like poetry than algorithms by pc2g4d on Sunday February 02, 2020 @11:51PM (#22221489)
http://code-poetry.com/

Also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_poetry

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Re:Happiness is more like poetry than algorithms by 52-6F-62 on Sunday February 02, 2020 @08:10PM (#22220640)
I think that’s the right question.

More like? Not sure. The cause of? Surely. Best explained or represented by? Probably.

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