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::@[[User:AmandaSLawrence|AmandaSLawrence]] [[Special:Contributions/117.20.112.19|117.20.112.19]] ([[User talk:117.20.112.19|talk]]) 00:25, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
:::The whole section on Euclid's algorithm apart from the first para could be cut which would really help the flow - the examples could be quite short if they have their own page. But I'm not sure if all that long text should be added to the Euclid page or just cut. [[User:AmandaSLawrence|Amanda Lawrence]] 11:12, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
== March 24, 2023 ==
As added by [[User:2601:196:180:dc0:7c5a:37cb:a8c6:32d7]]:
<code><nowiki>:"One box is to be singled out and called the starting point. ...<!-- Is this punctuation (a period, followed by a space, then an elipse) correct? A recent editor assumed it was supposed to be this .... and changed it thusly. Can someone with access to the original source please verify it, and amend this inline note "stet" to indicate it should remain as verified.--> a specific problem is to be given in symbolic form by a finite number of boxes [i.e., INPUT] being marked with a stroke. Likewise, the answer [i.e., OUTPUT] is to be given in symbolic form by such a configuration of marked boxes...</nowiki></code> <p style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">[[User:SomeoneIguess|Someone, i guess]]<sup>([[User talk:SomeoneIguess|talk i guess]]|[[Special:Contributions/SomeoneIguess|le edit list]])</sup></p> 02:21, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
:I think it's the end of the sentence, with text from the quote cut out. As in "Endofquotesentence. ...because reasons." with part of the quote removed. --<span style="background-color: indigo;">[[User:Roundish|<span style="color: white">Roundish</span>]]<span style="color: yellow"> ⋆</span>[[User talk:Roundish|<span style="color: lime">t</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Roundish|c]])</span> 02:35, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
::Exactly. I pulled the source. {{tq|One box is to be singled out and called the starting point. We now further assume that a specific problem is to be given in symbolic form by a finite number of boxes being marked with a stroke.}} As I read [[MOS:ELLIPSES]], we leave the period in the quotation mark, then do nonbreaking space, ellipsis, space, and pick back up with the text. The alternative would be to gloss the text, which would be something like (condensing) "...and called the starting point. [A] finite number of boxes [are] marked with a stroke." —'''[[User:C.Fred|C.Fred]]''' ([[User_talk:C.Fred|talk]]) 02:45, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
:'''Unrelated''' but I don't enjoy the fact this one HTML comment started an edit war. <p style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">[[User:SomeoneIguess|Someone, i guess]]<sup>([[User talk:SomeoneIguess|talk i guess]]|[[Special:Contributions/SomeoneIguess|le edit list]])</sup></p> 02:54, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
::{{re|SomeoneIguess}} So are you saying you agree with the punctuation per the IP's edits and only meant to strike the inline comment? —'''[[User:C.Fred|C.Fred]]''' ([[User_talk:C.Fred|talk]]) 02:59, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
::Just checked - turns out this is exactly what happened lol. Still didnt warrant an edit war - they could've just redone the punctuation and removed their HTML comment and it could've been prevented <p style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">[[User:SomeoneIguess|Someone, i guess]]<sup>([[User talk:SomeoneIguess|talk i guess]]|[[Special:Contributions/SomeoneIguess|le edit list]])</sup></p> 03:03, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
::The punctuation, in my opinion, seems to be correct seeing this conversation. I'll restore the latest version using ". ..." <p style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">[[User:SomeoneIguess|Someone, i guess]]<sup>([[User talk:SomeoneIguess|talk i guess]]|[[Special:Contributions/SomeoneIguess|le edit list]])</sup></p> 03:01, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
== Algorithm defined as a finite sequence of instructions ==
I'm not sure if this is a good definition as algorithms may contain loops that sometimes may not stop (unless you close the program) and yet be correct, for instance a service that runs on the background [[User:Luiz Felipe de Barros Jordão Costa|Luiz Felipe de Barros Jordão Costa]] ([[User talk:Luiz Felipe de Barros Jordão Costa|talk]]) 01:40, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
== Merge "[[Algorithmics]]" into this page ==
While I understand the thought behind contrasting algorithms with heuristics, I think it makes the page longer than it needs to be. It doesn't add new information about algorithms nor does it clear up common misconceptions. It seems like more of a detour in what should be a concise article. Any thoughts on keeping or removing the heuristics paragraph? [[User:Clubspike2|Clubspike2]] ([[User talk:Clubspike2|talk]]) 11:56, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
== Definition of heuristic ==
The statement that "a heuristic is an approach to solving problems that do not have well-defined correct or optimal results" is simply wrong. A heuristic is an approximate and often unproved method, independent of whether there exist well-defined correct of optimal results. See [[Heuristic]] in WP: "a technique designed for problem solving more quickly when classic methods are too slow for finding an exact or approximate solution, or when classic methods fail to find any exact solution". [[User:Zaslav|Zaslav]] ([[User talk:Zaslav|talk]]) 00:16, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
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