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Re:Tell HN: To be honest.. GPT copilots aren't that great fo... by yesguidance on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @07:13PM (#39461446)
Me too. I'm writing a compiler for fun and its extremely helpful to have it auto complete entire simple functions, like converting AST nodes to a string representation for example.
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Re:Tell HN: To be honest.. GPT copilots aren't that great fo... by GaryNumanVevo on Thursday February 22, 2024 @04:25AM (#39464952)
Doesn't it defeat the purpose of writing a compiler for fun if ChatGPT is going to write most of it?
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Re:Tell HN: To be honest.. GPT copilots aren't that great fo... by fzzzy on Thursday February 22, 2024 @08:41AM (#39466893)
I don't think the fun part is actually pressing on the keyboard.
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Re:Tell HN: To be honest.. GPT copilots aren't that great fo... by butterandguns on Thursday February 22, 2024 @06:12AM (#39465507)
Never done it myself, but I imagine understanding how the components all fit together is more valuable/fun than dealing with the minutiae of every function.
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