Python Algorithms? Hello, Excel
September 27, 2023
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Note: This essay is the work of a real and still-alive dinobaby. No smart software involved, just a dumb humanoid.
Believe it or not, the T-Mobile WiFi worked on an eight-hour Delta flight from Europe to the Atlanta airport on September 24, 2023. Who knew?
On that flight I came across a page on GitHub called “TheAlgorithms” (sic). I clicked and browsed and was quite impressed with 40 categories and the specific algorithms within each. The “Other” category had two dozen algorithms ranging from a doomsday algorithm to a method to replace flake8 with ruff.
The individual categories include some AI magnets like “Neural Network” and “Machine Learning.” Remember there are more than 35 additional baskets. There’s only one python routine for “Genetic Algorithms” but categories like “Physics” and “Searches” seem particularly useful.
The collection has a disclaimer; to wit:
The algorithms are implemented in Python for education purpose only. These are just for demonstration purpose.
Some Excel jockeys may find some of them useful. My hunch is that second semester computer science majors may find “inspiration” in this collection.
Stephen E Arnold, September 27, 2023
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