• FalschgeldFurkan@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    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

    By that logic, Linux is also a web browser or a video game, which it isn’t

    • NeilBrü@lemmy.world
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      58 minutes ago

      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.

      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.