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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
Subject: Re: So Who is Credited with Inventing “Count Sort” as we know it Today - Anybody?
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 10:36:17 +0100
Date: 2012-06-25T10:36:17+01:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2k3yvzqb2.fsf@pushface.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: qfofu7ppcifdrqeigsavumrr63vud6783q@invalid.netcom.com

Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> writes:

> 	Implementing a known algorithm/recipe in a particular programming
> language doesn't earn any special credit. You would need to demonstrate
> that the language-independent algorithm itself is different to really
> gain credit.

I don't know: Austin did invent it, he just wasn't the first.



      parent reply	other threads:[~2012-06-25  9:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-06-24 13:26 So Who is Credited with Inventing “Count Sort” as we know it Today - Anybody? Austin Obyrne
2012-06-24 13:57 ` Austin Obyrne
2012-06-24 14:39 ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-06-24 17:08   ` Austin Obyrne
2012-06-24 17:28     ` Jeffrey Carter
     [not found]     ` <qfofu7ppcifdrqeigsavumrr63vud6783q@invalid.netcom.com>
2012-06-25  7:00       ` Austin Obyrne
2012-06-25  9:36       ` Simon Wright [this message]
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