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the technique could be applied in other areas The optimisations used in the paper are tightly coupled to a certain approach to image-processing.
by mafribe 11y ago
the technique could be applied in other areas
The optimisations used in the paper are tightly coupled to a certain approach to image-processing.
- jaawn 11y agoI'd have to agree with this. Low-level "close to the metal" programming is something I have very little experience with, but based on my understanding, this research has extremely limited scope. The technique relied on what is essentially prior knowledge of the implementation. This doesn't mean it isn't very useful for companies like Adobe...it is. However, it does not look like anyone intended for this to be broadly applicable.
- mafribe 11y agoQuestion: What's the most important algorithmic technique? Answer: Understand the problem domain better.
- notacoward 11y agoThe optimizations themselves are pretty domain-specific, but the techniques used to instrument and modify the target program are - as you yourself point out in another comment - pretty widely applicable. That's where the real innovation lies.
- mafribe 11y agoI agree that the framework and the general idea of program rejuvenation is applicable in general.