That's an interesting point -- to a computer scientist a chronological order is exactly as "algorithmic" as any other order, but I think it might not be to a la

That's an interesting point -- to a computer scientist a chronological order is exactly as "algorithmic" as any other order, but I think it might not be to a layman. Possibly the neatest demonstration of the difference. (I guess asking a computer scientist for a program to do a task without an using an algorithm might be like asking a food scientist to make a product without chemicals...)