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Evolving programming languages in the AI era

139 points · 99 comments · pjm331

  1. talon8635 · · focus · HN ↗
    I don’t know how stupid of a suggestion this is, but if no one is reading the code anymore (I do, but I hear many in much more elite shops than mine do not), then should we not just be using AI to write binary or machine code?
    1. rspeele · · focus · HN ↗
      Even when no(human)body is reading the code, AI is still reading the code in order to "understand" it. Languages that can express high level concepts, use structured programming for recognizable control flow patterns instead of inscrutable jumps, and assign names to things have the same benefits for the AI-coders and AI-reviewers that they always have for humans.
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