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Re:New general-purpose optimization algorithm promises order... by zzleeper on Friday October 23, 2015 @09:21PM (#10442046)
I would bet that not at all. And probably won't be for a few years (if past experience is a good predictor).
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Re:New general-purpose optimization algorithm promises order... by lqdc13 on Saturday October 24, 2015 @12:02AM (#10442380)
Yup, then someone would implement in C. Then in a few months you'll have it in every popular language and many libraries.

People underestimate how much a reference implementation contributes to the real world proliferation of an algorithm.

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