Timeline for On third-person singulars in a step-form algorithm description
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| Jul 10, 2018 at 4:24 | vote | accept | Weikeng Chen | ||
| Jul 10, 2018 at 3:58 | comment | added | ruakh | @WeikengChen: Yes. A prose description of an algorithm can use other forms (such as the present passive indicative), but a list-of-steps description always uses the plain form. | |
| Jul 10, 2018 at 3:47 | comment | added | Weikeng Chen | If the algorithms are running on servers, or the algorithm is a sub-algorithm run by another algorithm, does imperative mood still work here? | |
| Jul 10, 2018 at 3:43 | history | answered | ruakh | CC BY-SA 4.0 |