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Re:The Lisp curse, now coming to your ecosystem by firethief on Thursday November 05, 2026 @01:00PM (#50382182)
> if we accept the assumption that it is easier to let an LLM generate functionality than to learn the interfaces of existing libraries and frameworks (or let the LLM integrate these libraries or frameworks)

This parenthetical seems like the weakness in the argument to me. Why have an LLM reinvent the wheel rather than let the LLM build on existing libraries?

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Re:The Lisp curse, now coming to your ecosystem by Dr_Birdbrain on Thursday November 05, 2026 @01:01PM (#50382198)
Because the LLM prefers to build its own. Unless you explicitly tell it not to, and even then you have to police it carefully. Most people won’t!
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