IBM patents optimization

[Lance]

Slashdot Article (http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/04/07/1243237/IBM-Patents-Optimization?from=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Slashdot/slashdot+(Slashdot)&utm_content=Google+International)

I think my brain just melted.

This is why I'm a fan of removing all the safety labels of everything and reduce the amount of idiots in the world.

[MyNameDidntFit]

A method for developing a computer program product, the method comprising: evaluating one or more refactoring actions to determine a performance attribute; associating the performance attribute with a refactoring action used in computer code; and undoing the refactoring action of the computer code based on the performance attribute. The method of claim 1 wherein the undoing refactoring is performed when the performance attribute indicates a negative performance effect of the computer code
You cannot, however, deny that this is an excellent elongation of 'trial and error'.

[Lance]

Oh it's brilliant, I'll give them that - it made me have a Homer Simpson moment though. I got to the first "refactoring" and started seeing monkeys dancing around in tutus

[Steph]

Oh it's brilliant, I'll give them that - it made me have a Homer Simpson moment though. I got to the first "refactoring" and started seeing monkeys dancing around in tutus
Ahahahaa, pretty much the same for me.