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Is there a name for this phenomena of “let’s run modern algorithms on ancient devices?” Paleoalgorithmics?
by russfink 2y ago
Is there a name for this phenomena of “let’s run modern algorithms on ancient devices?” Paleoalgorithmics?
- actionfromafar 2y agoCongratulations!
- Locutus_ 2y agoPaleoalgorithmics sounds like something straight out of a Jodorowsky comicbook.
- verticalscaler 2y agoWould Paleoalgorithmics not just be the exploration of ancient algorithms? Here we are taking modern code and teleporting it back in time. Or perhaps rather taking hardware back to the future. Clearly it should be called DeLoreanithmics.
- darby_eight 2y agoArcheocomputation is better imo. "Paleo-" typically implies geological timescales rather than decades.
- tzot 2y agoEven if “paleo-” means “old” and “archaeo- / archeo-” means “ancient”?
- darby_eight 2y agoIn the sense they're used as English prefixes, paleo is many orders of magnitude older than archeo. Hence words like "paleoarchaeology", which starts around 10kya.
- npongratz 2y agoRetroalgorithmics. Similar to the contemporary use of the term retrocomputing.