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> 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.
by nottorp 1y ago
> 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.
That reminds me of, much later, getting my first basic programming book. In communist Romania. It was titled "Let's learn interactive microelectronics" because "programming" books were considered a waste of resources and did not get approved.
- lblume 1y agoI thought communist nations heavily relied on programs (in the author's sense) for their planned economies?
- nottorp 1y agoNo, on "plans". Mostly five year plans. At least in Romanian. The only other use of "program" I remember from back then is "tv program".
- lblume 1y agoAccording to [1], the optimization done in the Soviet Union (the largest planned economy) was based on linear programming. [1]: https://www.rtsg.media/p/soviet-planning-demystified https://www.rtsg.media/p/soviet-planning-demystified
- nottorp 1y agoBut this subthread is not about what they were using but about localized names for computer programming vs other forms of programming. Also I don't think Soviet examples help because I don't think the last few soviet dictators before the iron curtain's fall were against computers, while Ceausescu definitely was.