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Re:Copilot regurgitating Quake code, including sweary comments by goodpoint on Friday July 02, 2021 @09:15AM (#27711083)
5/ Boilerplate is easy to write but expensive to maintain in large quantities. Proper abstraction/templating requires careful thinking. Copilot encourages the first and discourages the second.

6/ Copilot learns from the past. It can only favor popularity and familiarity in code patterns over correctness and innovation.

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