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Re:Computer program fixes old code faster than expert engineers by IceyEC on Friday July 10, 2015 @07:33AM (#9863301)
And general programs like MS Word...
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Re:Computer program fixes old code faster than expert engineers by chucksmash on Friday July 10, 2015 @08:06AM (#9863410)
Where do you see that? I saw mention of using it on one other program - an image viewer, Microsoft Windows IrfanView.
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Re:Computer program fixes old code faster than expert engineers by jaawn on Friday July 10, 2015 @09:24AM (#9863766)
The confusion arises from the apostrophe that implied that IrfanView somehow belongs to Microsoft Windows (it doesn't). I almost made the same mistake while reading quickly.
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Re:Computer program fixes old code faster than expert engineers by bentcorner on Friday July 10, 2015 @12:35PM (#9864994)
I believe MS Word (or some components in office) already has some sort of PGO applied to it:

http://llvm.1065342.n5.nabble.com/Capabilities-of-Clang-s-PG...

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