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Re:Checking Code Style with Neural Networks (2017) by andbberger on Thursday August 23, 2018 @03:23AM (#17825253)
The mind boggles. This is just a bad idea, it's not even interesting...

> Code style is an inherently subjective and difficult thing to judge

wat.

Why would you want an opaque probabilistic style checker...

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Re:Checking Code Style with Neural Networks (2017) by gentaro on Thursday August 23, 2018 @12:16PM (#17828483)
Imagine if this were a real life practice. The thought of having to gradually acclimate yourself to the whims of your nebulous NN style checker is pretty hilarious.
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