I agree with casperOne; it's explicitly on-topic:

###What topics can I ask about here?

Stack Overflow is for professional and enthusiast programmers, people who write code because they love it. We feel the best Stack Overflow questions have a bit of source code in them, but if your question generally covers…

• ...
• a software algorithm

it's has just been asked in a way that causes things like this question to happen. There's always a lot of debate around algorithm questions that get noticed because there's not often much attempt made to make your own. This is, apparently, common in the algorithm tag and people aren't necessarily downvoted because of it.

I've:

• Voted to reopen because it's on-topic.
• Downvoted the OP for not showing a scintilla of effort in answering their own question; they've obviously thought a lot about how to ask it though.
• Upvoted icepack's answer 'cause I think it's the best.

It's a good question, where the OP shows little effort, which has effective internetz juice. I'm all for leaving it alone and concentrating on the worse stuff instead, like these.

I agree with casperOne; it's explicitly on-topic:

What topics can I ask about here?

Stack Overflow is for professional and enthusiast programmers, people who write code because they love it. We feel the best Stack Overflow questions have a bit of source code in them, but if your question generally covers…

• ...
• a software algorithm

it's has just been asked in a way that causes things like this question to happen. There's always a lot of debate around algorithm questions that get noticed because there's not often much attempt made to make your own. This is, apparently, common in the algorithm tag and people aren't necessarily downvoted because of it.

I've:

• Voted to reopen because it's on-topic.
• Downvoted the OP for not showing a scintilla of effort in answering their own question; they've obviously thought a lot about how to ask it though.
• Upvoted icepack's answer 'cause I think it's the best.

It's a good question, where the OP shows little effort, which has effective internetz juice. I'm all for leaving it alone and concentrating on the worse stuff instead, like these.

I agree with casperOne; it's explicitly on-topic:

###What topics can I ask about here?

Stack Overflow is for professional and enthusiast programmers, people who write code because they love it. We feel the best Stack Overflow questions have a bit of source code in them, but if your question generally covers…

• ...
• a software algorithm

it's has just been asked in a way that causes things like this question to happen. There's always a lot of debate around algorithm questions that get noticed because there's not often much attempt made to make your own. This is, apparently, common in the algorithm tag and people aren't necessarily downvoted because of it.

I've:

• Voted to reopen because it's on-topic.
• Downvoted the OP for not showing a scintilla of effort in answering their own question; they've obviously thought a lot about how to ask it though.
• Upvoted icepack's answer 'cause I think it's the best.

It's a good question, where the OP shows little effort, which has effective internetz juice. I'm all for leaving it alone and concentrating on the worse stuff instead, like these.

I agree with casperOne; it's explicitly on-topic:

###What topics can I ask about here?

Stack Overflow is for professional and enthusiast programmers, people who write code because they love it. We feel the best Stack Overflow questions have a bit of source code in them, but if your question generally covers…

• ...
• a software algorithm

it's has just been asked in a way that causes things like this question to happen. There's always a lot of debate around algorithm questions that get noticed because there's not often much attempt made to make your own. This is, apparently, common in the algorithm tag and people aren't necessarily downvoted because of it.

I've:

• Voted to reopen because it's on-topic.
• Downvoted the OP for not showing a scintilla of effort in answering their own question; they've obviously thought a lot about how to ask it though.
• Upvoted icepack's answer 'cause I think it's the best.

It's a good question, where the OP shows little effort, which has effective internetz juice. I'm all for leaving it alone and concentrating on the worse stuff instead, like these.