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Algorithms have existed in the world of mathematics thousand years before computers were invented. From this point of view, computers are just a way to speed-up
by Ace17 11y ago
Algorithms have existed in the world of mathematics thousand years before computers were invented. From this point of view, computers are just a way to speed-up things.
If the Euler algorithm was discovered today, should it be patentable? What about the FFT? Is there any substantial difference with any "modern" algorithm, like the DCT or arithmetic encoding?
- umanwizard 11y agoI already said algorithms can be plausibly called math. Lots of software, and software patents, have little to do with novel algorithms.