Comment by hn_acc1
2 days ago
So you now have 400Kloc of Rust code? Doing what? How much of that is "new"?
I can't get Augment / Opus 4.5 to edit a few C++ files from within VSCode without going off on a wild goose chase or getting stuck in an infinite loop after I tell that it should be doing this: "oh, you're right, I need to do X", "To do X, I must understand how to do Y", "I see now that to do Y, I should look at at Z". "Let me look at Z", followed by: "oh, you're right, I need to do X"..
To be fair, humans editing C++ also go on wild goose chases. Have you seen the insanity the C++ committee has ratified?
not seeing anyone at all suggesting the work of the c++ committee is going to radicaly alter the efficiency of labour.
My point is that C++ is a tarpit, famous for nerd sniping and leading otherwise intelligent people into Wild goose chases.
Have you read Alexandrescu’s “modern c++”? It’s like a piece of modern art but completely not self aware. There’s just something about C++ that lures intellectuals in; like ice age mammoths to a tar pit.
Small wonder LLMs also fall victims to C++’s deranged ways.
1 reply →