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If aliens ever land they're going to have the exact same sorting algorithms we have. Their history of CPUs will be the same as ours.
by Atheros 11y ago
If aliens ever land they're going to have the exact same sorting algorithms we have. Their history of CPUs will be the same as ours.
- njonsson 11y agoUnless they chose the ternary path. It’s closer to base e and therefore closer to optimal than binary.
- jcoffland 11y agoUnless they have quantum computers or something completely different that we have not thought of. There's a good chance that our conception of computer science, or even science for that mater, is completely unique in the universe, like a snowflake. Science is merely a model humans use to understand the world around them, with limited success.