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Completely agree. I’d add one more - if the compiler can describe errors in simple, plain English it’s far more likely that the LLM can fix the problem. Some l
by nindalf 2y ago
Completely agree. I’d add one more - if the compiler can describe errors in simple, plain English it’s far more likely that the LLM can fix the problem.
Some languages do this much better than others.
- ghuntley 2y agoNailed it. These LLMs do not understand code. They are silly string lookup services. Compilers with soundness tend to be INCREDIBLY verbose with their error messages which these LLMs use to ingest to get better outcomes on the re-attempt…
- nukem222 2y agoGiven the fact that I think of myself roughly like a string lookup service, i think there are much stronger places to argue for the incapacity of LLMs than deferring to the ill-defined and generally-inapplicable "understand".