Re:The compiler was supposed to end programming too
by john_strinlai on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @03:23PM
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>no code tools with agentic workflows. [...] a few agentic nodes, and maybe a couple of tools
i thought we were talking about compilers vs. llms.
Re:The compiler was supposed to end programming too
by pjmlp on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @03:26PM
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Compilers are one way to implement execution workflows, which can be surfaced in many forms.
Agentic programming tools are nothing other than the old ideas from UML code generation in a new package.
Re:The compiler was supposed to end programming too
by jacquesm on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @09:07PM
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> Agentic programming tools are nothing other than the old ideas from UML code generation in a new package.
Not sure I agree with that. That was still a transformation of sorts.
Re:The compiler was supposed to end programming too
by pjmlp on Thursday October 22, 2026 @03:24AM
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Written in natural language in a couple of visually connected boxes, without any visible translation to a "legacy" programming languages.
Re:The compiler was supposed to end programming too
by cwnyth on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @03:23PM
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I'm not sure you're even reading the comments to which you're replying.
Re:The compiler was supposed to end programming too
by pjmlp on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @03:27PM
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More like some people are in denial where we unfortunately are all going, the dream of 4 GLs predating previous AI winter.
Better accept that in a few more model iterations, the code being generated is a matter of changing a markdown file.
Here are some suggestions,
Workato, Boomi, Sitecore AI, Optimizely Opal, Workfront AI...
You will naturally have to split the budget calculation in a few agentic nodes, and maybe a couple of tools.