The "C is a shark" is really apt, I like it. Keeping that one for future use. "Write it yourself" ... I'm not so sure. It will come back in a limited way; stuf

The "C is a shark" is really apt, I like it. Keeping that one for future use. "Write it yourself" ... I'm not so sure. It will come back in a limited way; stuff like leftpad is obviously stupid. But chatGPT is not good at tackling very large problems. I think GPT require both breadth (large context size) and depth (smarts) to create good programs, organized well, with consistent behavior. Some code is very local. It's easy to write yourself because it touches only a small bit around it. Competitive programming problems are like this. GPT is good at those. The jury is still out on its ability to do anything further. But a lot of code is far more global. It takes the work of a skilled programmer to take all of the small local pieces under an API and organize them to produce a cohesive whole. This large-scale organization of software is and always will be excruciating in a language like C. C is a shark, yes. A shark is a hundred million years old; it's fast, stealthy, and sleeps with one eye open. But try getting 20 sharks to collaborate in a hunt, like orcas do. It's simply impossible.