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Re:Show HN: PeriodicTableOfElements.org by aeternum on Sunday March 29, 2026 @12:44AM (#47560452)
Every Show HN should come with a disclosure detailing exactly how much compiler was used to create it.

I mean it's not that using compilers is bad, it's just that those who use them aren't real coders.

Re:Show HN: PeriodicTableOfElements.org by drawfloat on Sunday March 29, 2026 @02:31AM (#47560861)
Nobody said anything about “real coders”.

But yes, people generally do not review and comment on compiled code. If your source is written by AI, why is it a surprise people might be hesitant to spend their time reviewing what it produced?

Re:Show HN: PeriodicTableOfElements.org by cronelius on Sunday March 29, 2026 @01:21AM (#47560595)
false equivalence
Re:Show HN: PeriodicTableOfElements.org by whackernews on Sunday March 29, 2026 @03:27AM (#47561081)
You had to change the end because following it through actually made total sense. You kinda pulled a trick, no doubt to convince yourself if I’m being fair to you.
Re:Show HN: PeriodicTableOfElements.org by aeternum on Sunday March 29, 2026 @02:46PM (#47565923)
It actually would have been better if I kept the end. You don't write your code, a compiler does.

You simply described what you wanted in more abstract far less specific language.

Before we were at least 2 compilation/translation steps removed from machine code, now we are 3.

Re:Show HN: PeriodicTableOfElements.org by Timwi on Thursday April 02, 2026 @02:52AM (#47610838)
I'm not sure I agree with “far less specific language”. I became interested in programming precisely because it's far more specific than human language, and yet this didn't lead to me preferring assembly code over high-level abstractions.
Re:Show HN: PeriodicTableOfElements.org by camillomiller on Sunday March 29, 2026 @02:31AM (#47560862)
you’re dialectically better than this.