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>> Algorithm implementations are programmatic manifestations of mathematical models and, as such, are not what they model by definition.

> Rofl. Someone hasn't discovered Functionalism or the identity of indiscernables. Must be hard laboring under such a poverty of reasoning.

First, the correct spelling is "indiscernibles" not "indiscernables".

Second, thank you for motivating me to research the origin of the quote:

  Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak 
  and to remove all doubt.[0]
As it is superbly applicable in this context.

0 - https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/17/remain-silent/



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