> Given any computational task, there is probably one best way to compute
> it.
For each definition of "best" there is probably one optimal algorithm, but I
doubt many of those optimal algorithms exist anywhere.
> The person who discovers this algorithm has done just that, he has
> *discovered* it.
Discovering something implies that the thing exists to start with. If
nobody has ever written such an algorithm before then it doesn't exist! I
could use your same argument to say that I *discovered* a really clever
mechanical design rather than actually inventing it. How is that any
different?
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