In fact, in Judaism, there were matchmakers a long time ago, and though they didn't have an explicit algorithm per se, they definitely were running through formulas in their heads, like, is the girl going to like the boy?
В действительности, в иудаизме сваты известны уже давно. И хотя у них не было чёткого алгоритма, они явно пользовались определёнными формулами.