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It's unfortunate that he uploaded this without notable commit history, it would be interesting to see how long it takes a programmer of his caliber to bring up

It's unfortunate that he uploaded this without notable commit history, it would be interesting to see how long it takes a programmer of his caliber to bring up a project like this. That said, judging by the license file this was based on QuickJS anyway, making it a moot comparison.

incognito124 11mo ago
Maybe he just oneshotted it
- agumonkey 11mo ago
  Maybe claude code uses bellard as agent
  - MisterTea 11mo ago
    Claude is really Bellard sitting in his kitchen, sipping coffee, casually replying to code requests while getting ready for his day.
    - oblio 11mo ago
      A sort of reverse code golf where he doesn't care what he sends as all that code will never touch his prod code bases.
    - christophilus 11mo ago
      This explains a lot. Opus 4.5 gives you access to Bellard after his second cup of coffee.
    - deafpolygon 11mo ago
      Is Bellard the “Chuck Norris” of Programming?
      - StopDisinfo910 11mo ago
        He is extremely productive in its specialty: the intersection of programming language and system programming. I don't think that makes him superhuman. It's more a model of what a really talented person who applies themselves building things they enjoy building can do. I prefer thinking of it this way: if Bellard can make a small JS engine from scratch by himself, what's really stoping you from knocking down this library you are thinking about.
        throwup238 11mo ago
        > He is extremely productive in its specialty: the intersection of programming language and system programming. Why do you say that specifically is his specialty? He also started QEMU and ffmpeg which are foundational pieces of software for several industries, and his day job is as founder of a company that makes software defined radio test equipment for cellular networks. There isn't one thing I could point at as a specialty.
        StopDisinfo910 11mo ago
        All of this seems to fit the bill pretty closely to me. Ffmpeg uses a ton of arcane C and assembly knowledge to make multimedia system manageable and efficient. QEMU uses dynamic binary translation for hardware emulation and virtualization. Amarisoft speciality is basically using software to do things which are usually done by hardware. The intersection of programming language and system programming seems to me like a pretty fair description of what Fabrice Bellard is extremely good at.
  - khazhoux 11mo ago
    "You're right! I apologize for the confusion. I am, in fact, Fabrice Bellard. Comment allez-vous?"
  - saagarjha 11mo ago
    I’d expect much better results, honestly
- ale 11mo ago
  It's Fabrice so there's a chance he did
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k4rli 11mo ago
It does say "public repository of..." implying there's a non-public one with real history. Not sure why not upload the main one though.
- zarzavat 11mo ago
  If he's anything like me (doubtful but roll with it), the commit history when prototyping is probably something like "commit", "commit", "fixed a bug", etc.

incognito124 11mo ago

Maybe he just oneshotted it

agumonkey 11mo ago
Maybe claude code uses bellard as agent
- MisterTea 11mo ago
  Claude is really Bellard sitting in his kitchen, sipping coffee, casually replying to code requests while getting ready for his day.
  - oblio 11mo ago
    A sort of reverse code golf where he doesn't care what he sends as all that code will never touch his prod code bases.
  - christophilus 11mo ago
    This explains a lot. Opus 4.5 gives you access to Bellard after his second cup of coffee.
  - deafpolygon 11mo ago
    Is Bellard the “Chuck Norris” of Programming?
    - StopDisinfo910 11mo ago
      He is extremely productive in its specialty: the intersection of programming language and system programming. I don't think that makes him superhuman. It's more a model of what a really talented person who applies themselves building things they enjoy building can do. I prefer thinking of it this way: if Bellard can make a small JS engine from scratch by himself, what's really stoping you from knocking down this library you are thinking about.
      - throwup238 11mo ago
        > He is extremely productive in its specialty: the intersection of programming language and system programming. Why do you say that specifically is his specialty? He also started QEMU and ffmpeg which are foundational pieces of software for several industries, and his day job is as founder of a company that makes software defined radio test equipment for cellular networks. There isn't one thing I could point at as a specialty.
        StopDisinfo910 11mo ago
        All of this seems to fit the bill pretty closely to me. Ffmpeg uses a ton of arcane C and assembly knowledge to make multimedia system manageable and efficient. QEMU uses dynamic binary translation for hardware emulation and virtualization. Amarisoft speciality is basically using software to do things which are usually done by hardware. The intersection of programming language and system programming seems to me like a pretty fair description of what Fabrice Bellard is extremely good at.
- khazhoux 11mo ago
  "You're right! I apologize for the confusion. I am, in fact, Fabrice Bellard. Comment allez-vous?"
- saagarjha 11mo ago
  I’d expect much better results, honestly
ale 11mo ago
It's Fabrice so there's a chance he did

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k4rli 11mo ago

It does say "public repository of..." implying there's a non-public one with real history. Not sure why not upload the main one though.

zarzavat 11mo ago
If he's anything like me (doubtful but roll with it), the commit history when prototyping is probably something like "commit", "commit", "fixed a bug", etc.