The linux kernel, given my very pedestrian understanding of it, is a program that allows other programs (e.g., GNU utilities) to talk to a computer system’s hardware.
Therefore, linux could be considered a collection of algorithms that can be modularly compiled to handle:
Resource Alocation
Memory Man I responded with what I just typed to someone who said Linux is not an algorithm. agement
You’re using a logical fallacy called reductio ad absurdum You take my interpretation of Linux’s definition to an extreme to make it look ridiculous.
The core of your argument is: “If X is a collection of algorithms, and Y is also a collection of algorithms, then you’re saying X is Y.” Which, of course, isn’t what I said at all.
I’m not saying Linux is a video game; I’m saying they are both built from the same components: algorithms.
You’re talking about what it is (a System), and I’m talking about how it works (a massive orchestration of Algorithms).
The linux kernel is a modular library of mathematical logic (algorithms) that solves the specific problem of hardware abstraction. A web browser is a collection of algorithms that solves the problem of rendering the web. They are different ‘tools’ built from the same ‘logic bricks’.
To be fair to you and remain taxonomically accurate, the linux kernel is a system of algorithms, which (to be fair to me) can be considered an algorithm (the main loop) of algorithms.
Yeah, I will never say please to an algorithm.
Maybe if we get true AI like Star Treks Data, but until then, STFU and do what I tell you
Linux isn’t an algorithm though
The linux kernel, given my very pedestrian understanding of it, is a program that allows other programs (e.g., GNU utilities) to talk to a computer system’s hardware.
Therefore, linux could be considered a collection of algorithms that can be modularly compiled to handle:
By that logic, Linux is also a web browser or a video game, which it isn’t
You’re using a logical fallacy called reductio ad absurdum You take my interpretation of Linux’s definition to an extreme to make it look ridiculous.
The core of your argument is: “If X is a collection of algorithms, and Y is also a collection of algorithms, then you’re saying X is Y.” Which, of course, isn’t what I said at all.
I’m not saying Linux is a video game; I’m saying they are both built from the same components: algorithms.
You’re talking about what it is (a System), and I’m talking about how it works (a massive orchestration of Algorithms).
The linux kernel is a modular library of mathematical logic (algorithms) that solves the specific problem of hardware abstraction. A web browser is a collection of algorithms that solves the problem of rendering the web. They are different ‘tools’ built from the same ‘logic bricks’.
To be fair to you and remain taxonomically accurate, the linux kernel is a system of algorithms, which (to be fair to me) can be considered an algorithm (the main loop) of algorithms.
Are you trying to tell us that you renamed “sudo” as “STFU”?