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Funny how people complain about macros as an abstraction mechanism, but replacing them with an LLM is fine.
by wtetzner 8mo ago
Funny how people complain about macros as an abstraction mechanism, but replacing them with an LLM is fine.
- sneak 8mo agoMacros are referenced, like a function call. LLM output sort of “vendors in” smart macros (for lack of a better description) by saving the actual output of the LLM. In that sense, they serve different purposes.
- wtetzner 8mo agoYes, LLMs are more like offline code generators that can't be reliably re-run. So the very first step of producing the code is "easy", but after that you have lost that ease, and have to read and maintain the larger generated output.