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metahost
on Oct 12, 2022
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The FBHHRBNRSSSHK-Algorithm for Multiplication is ...
Aside: what's on with the name of the algorithm? -- does it stand for something?
robinhouston
on Oct 12, 2022
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It's the initials of the authors of the Nature paper
metahost
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Ah gotcha, thanks!
briga
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Pretty terrible name for an algorithm to be honest. Besides being unpronounceable, if the purpose is to acknowledge the discoverers of the algorithm it doesn’t even do a good job of that (who recognizes initials anyway?)
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