Talk:Schlemiel the Painter's algorithm: Difference between revisions

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The specific line that suggested "pandemic" to me was "Generations of graduates are descending on us and creating Shlemiel The Painter algorithms right and left" - which at least strongly suggests that he was alarmed by how common they had become (maybe more a "deluge" than a "pandemic" ;) ) <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Señor Service|Señor Service]] ([[User talk:Señor Service|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Señor Service|contribs]]) 18:46, 5 June 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

Forgot to make my other point - think Spolsky should definitely be credited in the intro. Yes, it duplicates the beginning of "Spolsky's analogy," but the key points should be touched on in the opening, and I think "authorship" (for want of a better word in this context) is definitely a key point.

Otherwise, the reader's first encounter with his name is in the section title "Spolsky's analogy". A minor point, but think it's good form to name him in full before we start using his surname alone.[[User:Señor Service|Señor Service]] ([[User talk:Señor Service|talk]]) 19:13, 5 June 2008 (UTC)