Comment by 0x0aff374668

This is a great example of how so many programmers think they are the first to discover something that is "ancient". In reality this is a problem older than Linux (linux just had the advantage of a huge and diverse open-source userbase from which to draw data). On the flipside, lots of good information takes years to go from discussion groups to books, so it can be hard to find relevant research. Applied compsci is literally the cutting edge of reality.