Am 12.02.2011 00:02, schrieb spir:
On 02/11/2011 10:33 PM, Mafi wrote:
I allways try to import 'algorythm' because of the german word
'Algorythmus'.
When this happend for the first time, I spent about five minutes to
find out
what's wrong.
It is spelled Algorithmus in German, no ypsilon ;-)
http://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Algorithmus
The word is not from greek, but from arabic/persian etymology (like many
words starting in al-). From wiktionary:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/algorithm:
From French algorithme; from the Old French algorisme ("the Arabic
numeral system"), a modification likely due to a mistaken connection
with Greek ἀριθμός (number); from Medieval Latin algorismus, a
transliteration of the name of the Persian mathematician al-Khwārizmī
(Arabic: الخوارزمي, "native of Khwarezm.")
denis
Holly shit! I feel ashamed now. :(
I'm going to correct all my personal notes about algorithms.
Mafi
