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0 pointsflexagoon1mo ago0 comments

> I expect within the next ~2 years AI tools will produce a better compiler than gcc.

Building a "better compiler than gcc" is a matter of cutting-age scientific research, not of being able to write good code

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xigoi1mo ago

Given that GCC is in the training data, it should not take much research to create an equally good compiler.

If reproducing data from the training set counts, then creating an equally good compiler is a matter of running `git clone` :D

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0 pointsflexagoon1mo ago0 comments

> I expect within the next ~2 years AI tools will produce a better compiler than gcc.

Building a "better compiler than gcc" is a matter of cutting-age scientific research, not of being able to write good code

xigoi1mo ago

Given that GCC is in the training data, it should not take much research to create an equally good compiler.

If reproducing data from the training set counts, then creating an equally good compiler is a matter of running `git clone` :D

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