jmmcd comments on Automatic programming, an example - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Incorrect 01 February 2012 09:54:49PM 3 points [-]

Usually it then just notices a syntax error and repairs everything to the last working version

That sounds like a terrible waste. Why not use a tree-based model of C that excludes as many invalid programs as practical?

Comment author: jmmcd 02 February 2012 07:48:43PM 1 point [-]

That is the more common approach. Grammatical evolution is one method.