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> [...] I don't know why it is called Dynamic programming. According to Richard Bellman, who came up with the name: An interesting question is, Where did th
by mafm 8y ago
> [...] I don't know why it is called Dynamic programming.
According to Richard Bellman, who came up with the name:
An interesting question is, Where did the name, dynamic programming, come from?
The 1950s were not good years for mathematical research. We had a very interesting gentleman in Washington
named Wilson. He was Secretary of Defense, and he actually had a pathological fear and hatred of the
word research. [...] 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"
[...] it's impossible to use the word "dynamic" in a pejorative sense. Try thinking of some combination
that will possibly give it a pejorative meaning. It's impossible.
Thus, I thought dynamic programming was a good name. It was something not even a Congressman could object to.
- jonsen 8y agoFormatted for mobile: According to Richard Bellman, who came up with the name: An interesting question is, Where did the name, dynamic programming, come from? The 1950s were not good years for mathematical research. We had a very interesting gentleman in Washington named Wilson. He was Secretary of Defense, and he actually had a pathological fear and hatred of the word research. [...] 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" [...] it's impossible to use the word "dynamic" in a pejorative sense. Try thinking of some combination that will possibly give it a pejorative meaning. It's impossible. Thus, I thought dynamic programming was a good name. It was something not even a Congressman could object to.
- matt-snider 8y agoThanks :-). This comes up so often! Is there a reason HN doesn't use a more mobile-friendly format for preformatted text?
- stan_rogers 8y agoThe feature is intended for code, note block quotes. Auto line wraps would be less than helpful.
- jonsen 8y agoProblem is when some text copied and pasted here incidentally starts paragraphs with two or more spaces. And maybe the the commenter does not know why it formats weirdly.
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- frosted-flakes 8y agoYeah, but code blocks are still limited in width on mobile. At least let them flow to the edge of the screen before scrolling.
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- mafm 8y agoThanks. (I have now looked up the correct way to quote).
- oblio 8y ago> We had a very interesting gentleman in Washington named Wilson. He was Secretary of Defense, and he actually had a pathological fear and hatred of the word research. Amusingly, Engine Charlie [1] was an engineer. You'd think an engineer understands the value of research :) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Erwin_Wilson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Erwin_Wilson