Comment by ryanjshaw
1 month ago
> and can at any point look at the source and tell you why it did what it did
Even years later? Most people can’t unless there’s good comments and design. Which AI can replicate, so if we need to do that anyway, how is AI specially worse than a human looking back at code written poorly years ago?
I mean, Emacs's oldest source files are like 40 years old at this point, and yes they are in fact legible? I'm not sure what you're asking -- you absolutely can (and if you use it long enough, will) read the source code of your text editor.
Well especially the lisp parts!