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This "code written by code" meme is over-hyped. It'll be a long time yet before software has any chance of developing a creative solution to a problem better th

• fny 9y ago
  The "code written by code" meme is bogus. Code writes code today. That's the point of every compiler, library, and SDK. We'll simply make higher-level questions and statements than we once did, just like we're doing today.
  • kazinator 9y ago
    You and other commenters are all equivocating on multiple definitions of the verb "write" ranging from "mechanically generate" to "invent or obtain informally stated functional requirements, augment with a detailed design, implement, test ..."
    • fny 9y ago
      Let me simplify my argument then. When I say "Alexa, what's the weather today?" I'm coding. For as long as there is some desire to command a machine and stringing those commands together, there will be code.
      • ThrowawayR2 9y ago
        > When I say "Alexa, what's the weather today?" I'm coding. Having worked (albeit briefly) on similar systems in the past, no, really, you aren't.
• ue_ 9y ago
  Let's not say that writing Lisp macros has no skill :)