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Guys, There are the algorythms and the data structures. At this level, is there any other object?

@World What are the possible conotations?

@WorldEngineer @WorldEngineer No, I mean, Imagine the set of fruits: {Orange, Apple, Lemon, ...}

If we have a set: {Algorythms, Data structure, ...}. Are there other elements on this set?

I hope you understand what i mean.

I don't understand what you're trying to get a set of

Are these two things elements of some set?

Sorry if i'm saying meaningless things, my natural languange is portuguese, then i guess i can't express it too well.

@GustavoBandeira I don't think they're part of the same set. An algorithm can be defined as a step-by-step procedure for calculating something, while a Data Structure is a particular way of storing data.

They seem totally unrelated to me

@Rachel I was thinking "what are the basic programming structures?"

Like: "Programming can express n things, what are these things?"

@GustavoBandeira I'm not sure that I would call an algorithm a programming structure. To me, an algorithm is an abstract concept, not really a real object, while a data structure would be a real class object that represents data

Hrrm perhaps you mean Design Patterns? They are patterns used to as a template when programming software

@GustavoBandeira If you are looking for a lowest level definition of what computing is capable of you would probably want to look up Turing Machine or Computability.

If one'd like to conduct a research of, by and for the programmers' community how should one go about getting folks from programmers.SE to contribute?

Since a lot of people struggle with selecting a programming language for their upcoming project or new venture idea, I thought it'd be a good idea to gather the 'criteria for selection' and then community's 'scoring' of a language against each of the criteria (relative scoring only, absolute if the need be)

I would collect that data (which would be open to start with) and create a simple decision making model to help folks rank order the various criteria (that they choose) and help rank order the programming language choices w.r.t. them. (not simple weight * score but a bit more mathematically inclined) - and have it opened up for all to use?

Oh, primarily focusing on the top 10-15 languages in the TIOBE index to start with...

@Nupul: Not bad...