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Re:Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking by le-mark on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @07:02PM (#49720046)
I did a test involving implementing cobol control flow in Java for a source to source translation project. Gemini was the only model to get the edge cases. Cobol is very peculiar in this regard.
Re:Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking by robotmay on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @07:12PM (#49720121)
It's very good at Elixir in my experience too. And it just does what I ask and doesn't wind me up like Opus. I don't think I've had to insult it more than once per day.