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Re:The art of programming and why I won't use LLM by CJefferson on Sunday August 25, 2024 @03:09PM (#41350261)
I recently had used an LLM to convert a lot of Python to Rust. It got it 99% right, and it took me a short while to fix the compile-time errors, and carefully check the tests weren't broken (as I trusted the code worked when the tests passed).

Is that "compiling" or "translating"? Lots of people use language to C "compilers".

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Re:The art of programming and why I won't use LLM by shepherdjerred on Sunday August 25, 2024 @04:53PM (#41351323)
Compilation is generally deterministic with strict semantics.

LLMs are great, but they are the opposite of a compiler (in a good way)

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Re:The art of programming and why I won't use LLM by YeGoblynQueenne on Monday August 26, 2024 @06:24AM (#41355723)
Translating Python to Rust is translation, prompting an LLM for new Python or Rust code is generation.
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