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I have used it and copilot both and it is a bit behind copilot. First, Copilot supports a lot more languages (which is a big utility of such tools, that you ar

I have used it and copilot both and it is a bit behind copilot. First, Copilot supports a lot more languages (which is a big utility of such tools, that you are writing code in a different language much more quickly.) Second, it fails more often with incorrect suggestions, and on non trivial things tends often to go line by line.

docandrew 4y ago
I was impressed that Copilot even works well on languages not advertised as supported.
- anonzzzies 4y ago
  Is copilot not gpt3.5 now (before I think it was gpt3)? It performs well even on languages it doesn’t even know. I write weird languages for fun and in VScode it quickly starts giving elaborate slabs of code for languages it only knows from my personal projects. I don’t use regular syntax generally (we have enough of those); my last abomination was a Unicode char apl like and it picked it up pretty fast.
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  - andrewmunsell 4y ago
    They announced Copilot X as using GPT-4 but its unclear to me whether it's just the new features (the chat, etc.) or the code completion that will move to GPT-4 as well. If it isn't, then Copilot has previously used OpenAI Codex (which is based on GPT-3) Source: https://github.blog/2023-03-22-github-copilot-x-the-ai-powered-developer-experience/ https://github.blog/2023-03-22-github-copilot-x-the-ai-power...
- DJHenk 4y ago
  It goes beyond languages. Yesterday I was editing a markdown file that was to become a post on a static site with movies. After I entered the title of a Taiwanese movie from the eighties, I jumped to the frontmatter to add some metadata about it. It autocompleted the director even before I typed the first letter of his name. It was so unexpected for me that I had to pause for a second to process what happened.
  - tough 4y ago
    LLM's are Autocomplete all the things
    - svnt 4y ago
      We know each other so well we finish each other’s sandwiches.
- mullingitover 4y ago
  I know someone who uses it with SAS, which isn't well known outside the analytics space. (Fun fact, SAS started out on punch cards.)
la64710 4y ago
Good enough for me : Today, we’re excited to announce the general availability of Amazon CodeWhisperer for Python, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, and C#—plus ten new languages, including Go, Kotlin, Rust, PHP, and SQL. CodeWhisperer can be accessed from IDEs such as VS Code, IntelliJ IDEA, AWS Cloud9, and many more via the AWS Toolkit IDE extensions.
biomcgary 4y ago
Just tried CodeWhisperer out. The line by line output is driving me crazy. Definitely disappointing compared to ChatGPT based code creation. I love describing what I want very briefly and getting a nice block of code to start tweaking. I wish there was an easy way to benchmark these tools and revisit them when they pass a threshold of competence.
- iLoveOncall 4y ago
  > Just tried CodeWhisperer out. The line by line output is driving me crazy. It's not necessarily the case, it can generate whole functions and even multiple functions. Today I made a class called "DynamoUtils" and it suggested 2 full methods.
attentive 4y ago
Third, Copilot supports vim.
- RMPR 4y ago
  This is actually the best selling point for me. With Sourcegraph joining the party, not supporting Vim is definitely minus points. And rightfully so.
  - jdorfman 4y ago
    FWIW we are actively working on support for Neovim.
iLoveOncall 4y ago
Why even compare them when one is free and the other is not?
- selcuka 4y ago
  Because some of us are doing this for a living and happy to pay $10/month if it is better than the free option.

docandrew 4y ago

I was impressed that Copilot even works well on languages not advertised as supported.

anonzzzies 4y ago
Is copilot not gpt3.5 now (before I think it was gpt3)? It performs well even on languages it doesn’t even know. I write weird languages for fun and in VScode it quickly starts giving elaborate slabs of code for languages it only knows from my personal projects. I don’t use regular syntax generally (we have enough of those); my last abomination was a Unicode char apl like and it picked it up pretty fast.
- deleted 4y ago
  [deleted]
- andrewmunsell 4y ago
  They announced Copilot X as using GPT-4 but its unclear to me whether it's just the new features (the chat, etc.) or the code completion that will move to GPT-4 as well. If it isn't, then Copilot has previously used OpenAI Codex (which is based on GPT-3) Source: https://github.blog/2023-03-22-github-copilot-x-the-ai-powered-developer-experience/ https://github.blog/2023-03-22-github-copilot-x-the-ai-power...
DJHenk 4y ago
It goes beyond languages. Yesterday I was editing a markdown file that was to become a post on a static site with movies. After I entered the title of a Taiwanese movie from the eighties, I jumped to the frontmatter to add some metadata about it. It autocompleted the director even before I typed the first letter of his name. It was so unexpected for me that I had to pause for a second to process what happened.
- tough 4y ago
  LLM's are Autocomplete all the things
  - svnt 4y ago
    We know each other so well we finish each other’s sandwiches.
mullingitover 4y ago
I know someone who uses it with SAS, which isn't well known outside the analytics space. (Fun fact, SAS started out on punch cards.)

la64710 4y ago

Good enough for me : Today, we’re excited to announce the general availability of Amazon CodeWhisperer for Python, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, and C#—plus ten new languages, including Go, Kotlin, Rust, PHP, and SQL. CodeWhisperer can be accessed from IDEs such as VS Code, IntelliJ IDEA, AWS Cloud9, and many more via the AWS Toolkit IDE extensions.

biomcgary 4y ago

Just tried CodeWhisperer out. The line by line output is driving me crazy. Definitely disappointing compared to ChatGPT based code creation. I love describing what I want very briefly and getting a nice block of code to start tweaking. I wish there was an easy way to benchmark these tools and revisit them when they pass a threshold of competence.

iLoveOncall 4y ago
> Just tried CodeWhisperer out. The line by line output is driving me crazy. It's not necessarily the case, it can generate whole functions and even multiple functions. Today I made a class called "DynamoUtils" and it suggested 2 full methods.

attentive 4y ago

Third, Copilot supports vim.

RMPR 4y ago
This is actually the best selling point for me. With Sourcegraph joining the party, not supporting Vim is definitely minus points. And rightfully so.
- jdorfman 4y ago
  FWIW we are actively working on support for Neovim.

iLoveOncall 4y ago

Why even compare them when one is free and the other is not?

selcuka 4y ago
Because some of us are doing this for a living and happy to pay $10/month if it is better than the free option.