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Every Show HN should come with a disclosure detailing exactly how much compiler was used to create it. I mean it's not that using compilers is bad, it's just t
by aeternum 7mo ago
Every Show HN should come with a disclosure detailing exactly how much compiler was used to create it.
I mean it's not that using compilers is bad, it's just that those who use them aren't real coders.
- cronelius 7mo agofalse equivalence
- drawfloat 7mo agoNobody said anything about “real coders”. But yes, people generally do not review and comment on compiled code. If your source is written by AI, why is it a surprise people might be hesitant to spend their time reviewing what it produced?
- camillomiller 7mo agoyou’re dialectically better than this.
- whackernews 7mo agoYou had to change the end because following it through actually made total sense. You kinda pulled a trick, no doubt to convince yourself if I’m being fair to you.
- aeternum 7mo agoIt actually would have been better if I kept the end. You don't write your code, a compiler does. You simply described what you wanted in more abstract far less specific language. Before we were at least 2 compilation/translation steps removed from machine code, now we are 3.
- Timwi 7mo agoI'm not sure I agree with “far less specific language”. I became interested in programming precisely because it's far more specific than human language, and yet this didn't lead to me preferring assembly code over high-level abstractions.