I'm not really a Pac-Man fan. I like Tetris more than Pac-Man, probably because the highest level I ever achieved on Pac-Man is the second level. And I didn't have enough interest to push my effort further.
Anyway, yesterday, Pac-Man turned 30th. Normally I should neither be happy or sad. However, Pac-Man meant something else to me these days. The professor from my algorithm class uses Pac-Man as an analogy to solve the dynamic solution problem. It is not directly applicable, but Pac-Man was an illustrative likeness. So, when someone mentioned Pac-Man, instead of remembering it as a game, I remember it as the starting point to solve dynamic programming problems. ("Chopped the big solution one by one to obtain the smaller piece and find the best one"). Happy Birthday, Pac-Man!
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