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Re:To make Lemmon Cakes (1670) by alanh on Friday March 27, 2015 @09:12PM (#9280056)
indeed, the first definition of "algorithm" i ever heard was that it was essentially a recipe.
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Re:To make Lemmon Cakes (1670) by thret on Friday March 27, 2015 @10:29PM (#9280239)
I first heard that in the book 'Hackers' by David Bischoff.
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