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I think it's a bit different discussion. I'm 100% agree to use any tools including LLMs, but LLMs may cause not good affect for ecosystem. New programming lang

I think it's a bit different discussion. I'm 100% agree to use any tools including LLMs, but LLMs may cause not good affect for ecosystem. New programming language, syntax, and API don't get LLMs support until they learned it (or given as a context). And perhaps new things less being used because of LLMs don't use it. Less usage in the wild means LLMs learn less from the nature. I wish it doesn't stop evolving programming (and other things).

runako 3y ago
You're going further to "whether LLMs can be useful when programming in a new programming language." Which I will leave to developers using those new languages. I'm saying more that every time developers develop/find a tool that makes them more productive, if it doesn't look like the Old Ways, there will be other developers to crap on them and say they don't know enough about the Old Ways. Which may or not be true but isn't always relevant given the size of the space that comprises modern programming. This is why there are still people who deride programmers who use IDEs instead of using tools that were invented nearly 50(!) years ago. I'm not saying either way is a fit for every use, but the attitude that developers should eschew attempts to improve the state of our tools is toxic.