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Re:The compiler was supposed to end programming too by john_strinlai on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @03:23PM (#50186152)
>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.

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Re:The compiler was supposed to end programming too by pjmlp on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @03:26PM (#50186217)
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.

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Re:The compiler was supposed to end programming too by jacquesm on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @09:07PM (#50189843)
> 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.

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Re:The compiler was supposed to end programming too by pjmlp on Thursday October 22, 2026 @03:24AM (#50192278)
Written in natural language in a couple of visually connected boxes, without any visible translation to a "legacy" programming languages.

https://boomi.com/platform/agentstudio

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