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> On Nov 1, 2014, at 19:26, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> On 01/11/2014 19:15, James wrote: |
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>> <meino.cramer <at> gmx.de> writes: |
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>>> I have a lot of files with digits of PI. The digits |
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>>> are the characters of 0-9. Currently they are ZIPped, |
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>>> which I think is not the best way to do that. |
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>> Hello Meino, |
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>> It's a bit of effort, but the world's recognized authority |
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>> on algorithms is Don Knuth. [1] He's old now, but his |
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>> pioneering attempt at categorizing most algorithms: |
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>> "The art of computer programming" and his MMIX alogrithm |
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>> implementations (kinda like assembler) are certainly |
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>> part of many first-step research efforts on algorithms |
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>> and their implementations. |
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>> It's not a cookbook; more of a scholarly (high_brow) reference, |
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>> just to supplement all the good postings by your peers on gentoo user. |
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>> Alan may loan you his copy? |
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>> (ha ha ha)? |
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>> hth, |
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>> James |
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>> [1] http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~uno/ |
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> ha ha, fat chance :-) |
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> When Alan does eventually get his hands on his very own personal |
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> copy[1], it will be lent to nobody. There are just some things a man |
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> never lends out: his bike, his firearm, his wife. And Knuth :-) |
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Why not lend your wife? ;) |
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> Back on topic: You're 100% right - to learn about algorithms in general, |
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> Knuth is the man. Essential reading for anyone taking CS seriously |
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> -- |
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> Alan McKinnon |
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> alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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