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Re:Understanding "Dynamic Programming" it's not referring to... by tgma on Monday July 21, 2025 @02:49AM (#44632405)
There was a universe before digital computers were popular or a thing at all.

Computing predates computers.

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Re:Understanding "Dynamic Programming" it's not referring to... by Thorrez on Monday July 21, 2025 @05:06AM (#44633148)
Before digital computers existed, there were still computers. They were people. A baker is a person who bakes. A computer was a person who computes (computing mathematical results).
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Re:Understanding "Dynamic Programming" it's not referring to... by tgma on Monday July 21, 2025 @01:36PM (#44638004)
Sure, that's why I had computers italicized to indicate the specific modern definition, not everything that computes.
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