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Re:We tasked Opus 4.6 using agent teams to build a C Compiler by VladVladikoff on Friday February 06, 2026 @09:23AM (#46913178)
>$20,000 of tokens. >less efficient than existing compilers

what is the ecological cost of producing this piece of software that nobody will ever use?

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Re:We tasked Opus 4.6 using agent teams to build a C Compiler by ryanjshaw on Friday February 06, 2026 @09:26AM (#46913218)
If you evaluate the cost/benefit in isolation? It’s net negative.

If you see this as part of a bigger picture to improve human industrial efficiency and bring us one step closer to the singularity? Most likely net positive.

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Re:We tasked Opus 4.6 using agent teams to build a C Compiler by thefounder on Friday February 06, 2026 @09:27AM (#46913236)
With that way of thinking you would just move in a cave.
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