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Re:We tasked Opus 4.6 using agent teams to build a C Compiler by shubhamjain on Friday February 06, 2026 @03:43AM (#46910492)
Yeah, I am amazed how people are brushing this off simply because GCC exists. This was far more challenging task than the browser thing, because of how far few open source compilers are there. Add to that no internet access and no dependencies.

At this point, it’s hard to deny that AI has become capable of completing extremely difficult tasks, provided it has enough time and tokens.

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Re:We tasked Opus 4.6 using agent teams to build a C Compiler by bjackman on Friday February 06, 2026 @03:49AM (#46910528)
I don't think this is more challenging than the browser thing. The scope is much smaller. The fact that this is "only" 100k lines is evidence for this. But, it's still very impressive.

I think this is Anthropic seeing the Cursor guy's bullshit and saying "but, we need to show people that the AI _can actually_ do very impressive shit as long as you pick a more sensible goal"

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