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Yeah, I will never say please to an algorithm.
Maybe if we get true AI like Star Treks Data, but until then, STFU and do what I tell you
Are you trying to tell us that you renamed โsudoโ as โSTFUโ?
Why? It does what it needs to do without whining, so it does exactly what it needs to do. No renaming needed
Linux isn't an algorithm though
And I've never asked it to do anything, I always tell it to do what it needs to do and it does it exactly as asked
The linux kernel, given my very pedestrian understanding of it, is a program that allows other programs (e.g., GNU utilities) to talk to a computer system's hardware.
Therefore, linux could be considered a collection of algorithms that can be modularly compiled to handle:
By that logic, Linux is also a web browser or a video game, which it isn't
You're using a logical fallacy called reductio ad absurdum. You take my interpretation of Linux's definition to an extreme to make it look ridiculous.
To be fair to you and remain taxonomically accurate, the linux kernel is a system of algorithms, which (to be fair to me) can be considered an algorithm (the main loop) of algorithms.