Re: Great SWT Program
- From: nebulous99@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2007 01:51:20 -0000
On Nov 1, 3:05 pm, Patricia Shanahan <p...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Not in a Java context. But that's another matter entirely, because in
a Java context the word "programming" clearly can be expected to refer
to the computer variety.
The "programming" in "dynamic programming" does not relate to the
computer kind. "Dynamic programming" is a technical term in algorithm
classification, invented in the early 1950's:
"What title, what name, could I choose? In the first
place I was interested in planning, in decision making, in
thinking. But planning, is not a good word for various reasons.
I decided therefore to use the word, 'programming.' [snip]
I guess this is some sort of attempt to harass and insult me some
more. In which case, it failed. It clearly ends up indicating a
similar concept; the algorithm, i.e. the programming, has some dynamic
dependence on the data. Much like table-driven and data-driven
programming, and things like the strategy pattern, and the like; some
sorts of decisions or branch points are effectively determined by the
data; using lookup tables in many cases, and polymorphism in the
instance of OO code employing the strategy pattern.
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