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Re:Automatic bug-repair system fixes 10 times as many errors... by Outdoorsman on Friday January 29, 2016 @10:54PM (#11000397)
What immediately comes to mind is that trivial repairs may soon be done by "Prophet", or it's progeny, instead of a human...sobering...
Re:Automatic bug-repair system fixes 10 times as many errors... by viraptor on Saturday January 30, 2016 @12:15AM (#11000628)
Any tool that auto-fixes code seems to be abused as "normal to rely on" unfortunately. Yesterday it was "compilation warnings? code will still work". Today it's "semicolons? runtime can put them where needed". Tomorrow it will be "code bugs? prophet will fix it".
Re:Automatic bug-repair system fixes 10 times as many errors... by Outdoorsman on Saturday January 30, 2016 @12:23AM (#11000654)
Progeny is the key word in my reply...this sounds as if a move towards a more complex "auto-correction" is afoot...
Re:Automatic bug-repair system fixes 10 times as many errors... by onetimePete on Saturday January 30, 2016 @09:06AM (#11001829)
/TODO: Prophet- you know the drill.. i want some PID control here- but i am busy chatting up the secretary. Good Boy. Also Rick from Recruiting was fired today- with no replacement.. * */