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[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Let's not tell them that by definition both a shopping list and a recipe are algorithms.

[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 day ago

Isn't a shopping list more like a data structure? A recipe would be an algorithm. I don't know, I could be wrong.

Can you put some milk on the algorithm please?