"In August, a computer scientist developed an even faster variation of Shor’s algorithm, the first significant improvement since its invention. “I would have th

"In August, a computer scientist developed an even faster variation of Shor’s algorithm, the first significant improvement since its invention. “I would have thought that any algorithm that worked with this basic outline would be doomed,” Shor said. “But I was wrong.”" You have to appreciate the humility.