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What is the difference between instructions and an algorithm in this case?
by fastball 6y ago
What is the difference between instructions and an algorithm in this case?
- danielbarla 6y agoI guess the parent poster means that Rubik did not have an existing solution to follow, and his one month meant solving it without any external assistance. (I'm not sure how his invention process went exactly, but I would guess that he probably did not start with a physical device he could hold, so I'm not sure such comparisons are really meaningful. It may have been easier for him to solve, due to inside knowledge, or it may have been harder.)
- ndand 6y agoYes, that's what I meant.
- ndand 6y agoIt's the same thing. I just used a different word.
- pezezin 6y agoIn the cube solving world, movement sequences that arrange the cube in a specific way are called "algorithms". Each "algorithm" will solve part of the cube, the full solution being a sequence of "algorithms".