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> I have used LLMs to create stuff like word clones just for fun. It was a disaster. Sure, it had the basic functionality. But the moment you started with page

> I have used LLMs to create stuff like word clones just for fun. It was a disaster. Sure, it had the basic functionality. But the moment you started with page structure (harder then one non-stop scrolling page), tables, images, rotating, and so many details that make up just the basics of word. Not even the extended functionality. You see every LLM just fall on its face. What do you think of https://scramblequest.app https://scramblequest.app and https://wordpeek.app https://wordpeek.app ? I have never looked at any of the code for them edit: Yeesh, misread your comment as "word games" not "word clones" and was very confused about the claim. Probably should have noted my confusion and re-read.

rurban 2mo ago
Nonsense. Provide/create proper tests for all features, and let the LLM test and fix everything. In case of ccc (claudes C compiler) they just did not use any tests, though they are many existing C testsuite. They just stopped, when it finished compiling the kernel, still failing hundreds of tests.
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oblio 2mo ago
Are you comparing 2 relatively simple games with... Word? Word is basically an operating system. Unix people like to make fun of Emacs for being one, but Word is basically one, too. And all the features in there are used, otherwise Microsoft wouldn't keep them around.
- furyofantares 2mo ago
  Haha, I misread as "word games" and was very confused about the claim.
- reddalo 2mo ago
  >Word is basically an operating system. And .doc files are basically a memory dump.
  - someguyiguess 2mo ago
    Dump is a great word for it
  - galangalalgol 2mo ago
    That was certainly true once, but now all that state is serialized to xml amd zipped up. You can unzip it and look at it if you don't value your sanity.
    - oblio 2mo ago
      So what you're saying is that the files are basically a memory dump formatted as XML? :-p
      - galangalalgol 2mo ago
        A selective menory dump that when deserialized can ignore fields not present its version, but yeah.
    - reddalo 2mo ago
      That's why I said .doc. The format you're talking about is called .docx
TaLiTr 2mo ago
I think they might mean Word as in Microsoft Word. Just based on the feature list they were describing.

rurban 2mo ago

Nonsense. Provide/create proper tests for all features, and let the LLM test and fix everything. In case of ccc (claudes C compiler) they just did not use any tests, though they are many existing C testsuite. They just stopped, when it finished compiling the kernel, still failing hundreds of tests.

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oblio 2mo ago

Are you comparing 2 relatively simple games with... Word? Word is basically an operating system. Unix people like to make fun of Emacs for being one, but Word is basically one, too. And all the features in there are used, otherwise Microsoft wouldn't keep them around.

furyofantares 2mo ago
Haha, I misread as "word games" and was very confused about the claim.
reddalo 2mo ago
>Word is basically an operating system. And .doc files are basically a memory dump.
- someguyiguess 2mo ago
  Dump is a great word for it
- galangalalgol 2mo ago
  That was certainly true once, but now all that state is serialized to xml amd zipped up. You can unzip it and look at it if you don't value your sanity.
  - oblio 2mo ago
    So what you're saying is that the files are basically a memory dump formatted as XML? :-p
    - galangalalgol 2mo ago
      A selective menory dump that when deserialized can ignore fields not present its version, but yeah.
  - reddalo 2mo ago
    That's why I said .doc. The format you're talking about is called .docx

TaLiTr 2mo ago

I think they might mean Word as in Microsoft Word. Just based on the feature list they were describing.