Dynamic Programming: The Name (1984)

Re:Dynamic Programming: The Name (1984) by userbinator on Sunday September 11, 2016 @10:58PM (#12476910)

I wonder how many, who never heard of the original concept, would think it simply means using languages like JavaScript, Python, PHP, etc.

It also has a very interesting property as an adjective, and that is its impossible to use the word, dynamic, in a pejorative sense. Try thinking of some combination that will possibly give it a pejorative meaning. Its impossible.

Dynamic memory allocation, in the context of realtime/embedded systems. :-)

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Re:Dynamic Programming: The Name (1984) by echelon on Sunday September 11, 2016 @11:18PM (#12476975)

> It also has a very interesting property as an adjective, and that is its impossible to use the word, dynamic, in a pejorative sense. Try thinking of some combination that will possibly give it a pejorative meaning. Its impossible.

> Dynamic memory allocation, in the context of realtime/embedded systems. :-)

Dynamic typing in the context of writing, maintaining, or refactoring large scale code bases.

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Re:Dynamic Programming: The Name (1984) by TeMPOraL on Monday September 12, 2016 @04:46AM (#12478107)

Dynamic constant? ;).

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Re:Dynamic Programming: The Name (1984) by DonHopkins on Monday September 12, 2016 @06:36AM (#12478532)

I just hate it when variables won't, and constants aren't.

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