From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npois!cbosgd!mark Newsgroups: net.misc Title: Re: Definitions of "algorithm" Article-I.D.: cbosgd.2404 Posted: Thu Jun 24 08:50:34 1982 Received: Sun Jun 27 23:36:27 1982 References: npois.1372 Recipes are very similar to algorithms, but I think they are not necessarily, for the same reason flowcharts aren't: they aren't usually very "definite". That is, the steps of an algorithm should be so basic that there is absolutely no question about exactly what they mean. A recipe often contains things like "salt to taste", "brown until done", etc. These mean different things to different people. Mark