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Re:Can a LLM convert C, to ASM to specs and then to a workin... by sneak on Monday March 17, 2025 @08:04AM (#43387593)
…and it changed the default tax rate from 25% to 10%.

It’s still impressive, but it’s basically advanced autocomplete. You still have to read and check every line and make sure it is doing what you expect it to do.

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Re:Can a LLM convert C, to ASM to specs and then to a workin... by ghuntley on Monday March 17, 2025 @08:07AM (#43387611)
covered here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43387590

but yes, indeed you still need to watch it like a hawk when using it outside of a tight eval loop (ie. make all | make property-tests) and/or implement some other form eval loop on the original /spec generation.

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Re:Can a LLM convert C, to ASM to specs and then to a workin... by ohmygoodniche on Monday March 17, 2025 @08:06AM (#43387607)
The author says you have to trust the LLMs though for it to work... You can downvote this but read the articles conclusions first...
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