Comment by hbogert
9 days ago
Shouldn't you have concerns picking Claude 4.6 for your next project if it produces subpar elixer code? Cheapy shot perhaps, but I have a feeling exotic languages will remain more exotic longer now that LLM aided development is becoming the norm.
We've finally figured out how to spread ossification from network protocols to programming languages! \o/
The specific agent is irrelevant. This is related to a broader personal opinion regarding LLMs and language choice.
Before we continue, the following opinion comes with several important caveats:
1. It only applies to paid professional work. If it's a hobby project, choose whatever makes you happy.
2. It ignores the strengths and weaknesses of different languages. These may outweigh any LLM-related concerns.
3. This is my opinion today. I _think_ it will survive longer than the next LLM cycle, but who knows these days.
4. May contain nuts.
Okay, that's the ass-covering dispensed with, on to the opinion:
If the choice is between a language which is "LLM friendly" (for want of a better phrase) and one which is not, it is irresponsible to choose the latter.