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It's not proven. You've demonstrated it was faster on your machine. That's the end of it. From a CS perspective, you've not proven anything at all. You've also
by junon 4y ago
It's not proven. You've demonstrated it was faster on your machine. That's the end of it. From a CS perspective, you've not proven anything at all.
You've also completely misrepresented my point. It's not a "no true Scotsman" fallacy, at all. Not sure what spherical cows have anything to do with anything.
- nick__m 4y agoDo you know that a word can have a different meaning in a different context? You describe a formal proof but the Collin dictionary define proof that way : Proof is a fact, argument, or *piece of evidence* which shows that something is definitely true or definitely exists. That demonstration is a piece of evidence that shows that an algorithm is truly faster on that computer with that specific input, sure it's not a formal generalizable CS proof but it a valid usage of the word proven nonetheless.
- junon 4y agoYes, clearly I'm aware of that. In the context of computer science, it is not proven.