[TUHS] The 'usage: ...' message. (Was: On Bloat...)

Greg A. Woods woods at robohack.ca
Tue May 21 03:30:54 AEST 2024


At Mon, 20 May 2024 10:23:56 -0400, Clem Cole <clemc at ccc.com> wrote:
Subject: [TUHS] Re: The 'usage: ...' message. (Was: On Bloat...)
>
> This brings me back to my experience. IMO, auto-correct for programming is
> like DWIM all over again, and the cure causes more problems than it solves.

We're deep down that rabbit hole this time with LLM/GPT systems
generating large swathes of code that I believe all too often gets into
production without any human programmer fully vetting its fitness for
purpose, or perhaps even understanding it.

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