Re: Information

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Tue May 01 2001 - 22:44:02 BST

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    Hi Trupeljak Ozren -

    >And as far as I know, algorithms can be (and are) portrayed as patterns
    >of relations between sets, fields, objects, etc.. of the computer
    >program.

    >I still fail to see the significant distinction

    But you just gave us an excellent example of quite a few distinctions.

    "Algorithms can contain patterns of relations" is not saying the same
    thing as "algorithms are patterns".

    My take is precision.

    - Wade

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