Comment by diggan
5 days ago
> Java has the largest, oldest and most explicit data set for the LLM to reference
That seems to be a recommendation for coding with LLMs that don't have access to tools to look up APIs, docs and 3rd party source-code, rather than something you'd chose for "Agentic Coding".
Once the tooling can automatically figure out what is right, what language you use matters less, as long as source code ends available somewhere the agent can read it when needed.
Agree much with your 2nd point though, all outputs still require careful review and what better language to use than one you know inside-out?
I have been learning Go, Swift, and Rust with the help of LLM/ Agents.
basically the terser/safer syntax and runtime compilation errors are a great tight feedback loop for the agent to fix stuff by itself.