尽管有众多的编程语言和不同的计算机存在，第一步也是最重要的一步就是找到解决问题的方案，没有算法就不会有程序。

Although many programming languages and many different types of computers exist, the important first step is the need to have the solution. Without an algorithm there can be no program.

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This is where, the way that we should start every problem set or ever problem.

这是我们,解决任何问题的最初一步。

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