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Re:We found a division by zero bug in FFmpeg with a vibecode... by black_knight on Thursday August 27, 2026 @04:51PM (#49471097)
I am not claiming you cant write buggy code in Haskell! But following good functional style, your bug will more likely be compartmentalised, and fixing it will not break some other part of your program.
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Re:We found a division by zero bug in FFmpeg with a vibecode... by StilesCrisis on Thursday August 27, 2026 @06:58PM (#49472363)
You can write good functional code in many languages. (Even C++!)
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Re:We found a division by zero bug in FFmpeg with a vibecode... by black_knight on Thursday August 27, 2026 @07:01PM (#49472397)
Sure! I have done my fair share of pretending Java and C++ support my functional style. But at the end of the day, you have better support for writing that style in a real functional programming language. And I wonder how well one can enforce a functional style in say Java or C++ upon the LLMs. Who knows, they might be great at it?
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