Programming with Judy

Where Did Judy Come From?
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Why is it called
Judy?
We tried many other names and acronyms such as Sparse Array Memory
Manager (SAMM) or Associative Memory Lookup Routine (AMLR), but
none of them were adopted by the HP engineering community. The
inventor, Doug, realized his relationship with the algorithm paralleled
the relationship with his sister— Judy.
Figure A-1 Doug with his sister Judy