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The absolute worst is some thing I can't remember the real name of right now - I thought it was generic programming but it doesn't seem to be it. It doesn't con
by jimmaswell 6y ago
The absolute worst is some thing I can't remember the real name of right now - I thought it was generic programming but it doesn't seem to be it. It doesn't connotate the meaning in the slightest, and even connotated something other than what it was. It was just storing a matrix or array of past return values of a function to reuse. It feels like I'm having a Mandella moment.
- ajuc 6y agoYou probably mean dynamic programming. I agree the name is awful.
- jkaptur 6y agoMemoization? Or dynamic programming? The latter is a funny story: > ... Thus, I thought dynamic programming was a good name. It was something not even a Congressman could object to. So I used it as an umbrella for my activities. http://www.eng.tau.ac.il/~ami/cd/or50/1526-5463-2002-50-01-0048.pdf http://www.eng.tau.ac.il/~ami/cd/or50/1526-5463-2002-50-01-0...
- jimmaswell 6y agoDynamic programming is it. Thought I'd gone crazy for a minute.
- null0pointer 6y agoAre you thinking of dynamic programming? It's the most poorly named thing in CS, in my opinion. The name tells you absolutely nothing about what it is, and IIRC the name "dynamic" was chosen because it's difficult to use as a pejorative.