User:Timhowardriley

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What is a computer program?

How does a Mathematician move a pot on a stove?

Given a stove with the top-right burner warming, how does a Mathematician move a pot from the top-left burner to the top-right burner?

1) Lift the pot 3 inches.

2) Move the pot 18 inches to the right.

3) Lower the pot 3 inches.

4) Call these steps algorithm number 1.

Now, how does a Mathematician move a pot from the bottom-left burner to the top-right burner?

1) Lift the pot 3 inches.

2) Move the pot 12 inches forward.

3) Lower the pot 3 inches.

4) Execute algorithm number 1.

As you can see, an algorithm is a sequence of instructions.

How does a Computer Scientist move a pot on a stove?

How does a Computer Scientist move a pot from the bottom-left burner to the top-right burner?

procedure move_right( pot )

begin

pot.lift( 3, inches )

pot.move( right, 18, inches )

pot.lower( 3, inches )

end

main()

begin

stove.burner_heat( top_right, warm )

pot = stove.create_pot( bottom_left )

pot.lift( 3, inches )

pot.move( forward, 12, inches )

pot.lower( 3, inches )

execute move_right( pot )

end

If you have an algorithm in a syntax that can be parsed by a compiler, interpreter, virtual machine, or cpu, then you have a computer program. Therefore, one kind of computer program is essentially an algorithm.