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I don't use gcc directly - not in a long while - but almost everything I rely on uses it, and it's hugely encouraging to have the stewards of this project conte

• jimmaswell 2mo ago
  How is this encouraging? They're sticking their heads in the sand and dooming themselves to irrelevance. All but the most strongly and wrongly ideologically motivated will contribute to other projects like LLVM when GCC asks them to code with rocks and sticks instead of taking advantage of arguably the most important invention in human history.
  • spacechild1 2mo ago
    > arguably the most important invention in human history. Don't be ridiculous.
    • jimmaswell 2mo ago
      It's an invention that can invent things on its own, improve itself, do research, etc. The importance of such a thing should be obvious. The hockey stick that's coming for human progress overall is going to make the industrial revolution look like a flatline.
      • spacechild1 2mo ago
        More important than the invention of writing, the printing press, electricity, the computer or the internet? > The hockey stick that's coming for human progress overall is going to make the industrial revolution look like a flatline. So far the effect on human progress has been pretty modest, I dare say. At the moment I would even regard it as a net negative on society. Maybe let's wait a few years before making such grand assessments.
      • spartanatreyu 2mo ago
        > It's an invention that can invent things on its own No. It can't invent things on its own, it repeats what it's already seen. People keep seeing LLM outputs without seeing the original source first, then exclaim: The LLM invented it.