On Mar 28, 3:44 am, glen herrmannsfeldt  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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