Re: Prediction of local code modifications

"preston.briggs@gmail.com" <preston.briggs@gmail.com>
Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:26:42 -0700 (PDT)

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From: "preston.briggs@gmail.com" <preston.briggs@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:26:42 -0700 (PDT)
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 08-03-105 08-03-109
Keywords: history
Posted-Date: 28 Mar 2008 17:35:35 EDT

On Mar 28, 3:44 am, glen herrmannsfeldt <g...@ugcs.caltech.edu> wrote:
> Dynamic programming, which is neither dynamic nor programming, allows
> one to do global optimization given weights (cost functions) of the
> various choices.
>[...]
>
> First popularized by biologists comparing protein sequences, it was
> then used by the unix 'diff' program


Biologists first? Naah.


Preston


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