Talk:Determinant and permanent

Method used

Should the algorithm be as stated in the equations? i.e. using the sign function? --Paddy3118 07:17, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Any method is acceptable, use the one that best fits the language and your preferences. (If you like you can write multiple interpretations and compare them: one by the definition, one terse, one fast, one space-efficient, etc.)

In general I don't think that tasks should over-constrain authors. The purpose of the site is to compare different languages, and we can't effectively do that if we force everyone to write in the same style. "Real Programmers can write FORTRAN in any language", they say...

CRGreathouse 17:30, 27 July 2012 (UTC)