/lit/ - Literature

>>15320305
I don't like how some processes have caught the public imagination and how the term algorithm is in use today. An algorithm is just a formalizable procedure. A cooking recipe is a good example. If the banker didn't give you a loan because you were in the reds, while your neighbor got a loan because he had good credit did, that was an algorithm in place. Theoretical computer science hasn't advanced all that much since the 60's. Maybe microelectronics did. There's nothing new about muh algorithms that are used. Liberal arts faggots shouldn't spin up grand theories of modern technology just because the internet got user-friendly and people gave up more of their data for convenience.

>>14939446
>>14939566
The first 20 minutes of the first SICP lecture video from the 80's is fundamentally based and he literally speaks about the relation between programming and magic spell. Watch it.

https://youtu.be/-J_xL4IGhJA