Jolt framework lets users force some hung programs to recover

A group of MIT researchers have developed an experimental software framework that can detect when a program has entered an infinite loop in some cases and give the user the option of forcing the loop to end. Ars explains how it works.

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[sidran32]

Neat and clever quick fix if the end user is stuck with buggy software. But it would be even better served by software testers. Perhaps that's the market they're going for.

Detecting infinite loops is an NP-complete problem so I'm surprised they were able to come up with a solution that gets them part of the way there, at least. Though I'm sure that it won't get everything.