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Re:AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42 by Etheryte on Friday June 12, 2026 @02:24AM (#48500581)
It's called C. With all the undefined behavior it's mostly deterministic!
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Re:AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42 by anilakar on Friday June 12, 2026 @03:40AM (#48501053)
Look, we're always telling our bosses to stop micromanaging us. UB is just the compiler telling us to stop micromanaging it!
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Re:AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42 by witx on Friday June 12, 2026 @02:31AM (#48500617)
Right, because that's the only one. You're a bit rusty on your knowledge
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Re:AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42 by zelphirkalt on Friday June 12, 2026 @05:22AM (#48501814)
I see what you did there.
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Re:AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42 by well_ackshually on Friday June 12, 2026 @05:04AM (#48501670)
Sorry, C isn't mostly terse, it's __builtin_mstly_trs()
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Re:AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42 by lelanthran on Friday June 12, 2026 @05:02PM (#48509401)
> It's called C. With all the undefined behavior it's mostly deterministic!

With AI, all programs have undefined behaviour, regardless of language.

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