I Tried Gleam for Advent of Code, and I Get the Hype

Re:I Tried Gleam for Advent of Code, and I Get the Hype by CraigJPerry on Sunday December 14, 2025 @04:02AM (#46261779)

> but LLMs can only learn languages that programmers write a sufficient amount of code in

i wrote my own language, LLMs have been able to work with it at a good level for over a year. I don't do anything special to enable that - just front load some key examples of the syntax before giving the task. I don't need to explain concepts like iteration.

Also llm's can work with languages with unconventional paradigms - kdb comes up fairly often in my world (array language but also written right to left).

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Re:I Tried Gleam for Advent of Code, and I Get the Hype by Xmd5a on Sunday December 14, 2025 @05:53AM (#46262188)

LLMs still struggle with lisp parens though

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Re:I Tried Gleam for Advent of Code, and I Get the Hype by igregoryca on Sunday December 14, 2025 @03:45PM (#46266703)

I think most people struggle to one-shot Lisp parens. Visual guides or structured editing are sorta necessary. LLMs don't have that kind of UI (yet?)

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