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Scientist Finds PageRank-Type Algorithm from the 1940s

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BernardSwiss

Aug 25, 2013
11:54 PM EDT 		Totally off topic -- but you might find it interesting anyways:

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/417529/scientist-finds-...
djohnston

Aug 26, 2013
12:06 AM EDT 		Yes, I found it to be interesting. "Nothing new under the sun" comes to mind. A good read. Thanks.
gary_newell

Aug 26, 2013
3:16 AM EDT 		I think Yahoo uses a pagerank algorithm developed in the 1700s.
Bob_Robertson

Aug 26, 2013
9:23 AM EDT 		Oooo! Tulips!
gus3

Aug 26, 2013
12:11 PM EDT 		This is why so many mathematicians speak of "discovering" algorithms, not "inventing" them. Even John McCarthy "discovered" Lisp; he did not invent it.

http://www.paulgraham.com/rootsoflisp.html

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