James W. Hunt Obituary (2023) - Glenview, IL - N.H. Scott & Hanekamp Funeral Home
James W. Hunt
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James Wayne Hunt (August 5, 1952 – March 21, 2021) was an African-American computer scientist and inventor. He invented the Hunt–Szymanski algorithm and Hunt–McIlroy algorithm algorithms. It was one of the first non-heuristic algorithms used in diff. To this day, variations of this algorithm are found in incremental version control systems, wiki engines, and molecular phylogenetics research software. The research accompanying the final version of Unix diff, written by Douglas McIlroy, was publis
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After 41 years, Hunt stepping down as head of Mass. League of Community Health Centers
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Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers Accepting Applications For Hunt Scholarship