Comment by pas
11 hours ago
that doesn't mean much. it has a lot of tests, the architect seems sane, it fits a niche (for example scripts baked into container images don't need full (Node + tsx + esbuild) or Bun/Deno)
11 hours ago
that doesn't mean much. it has a lot of tests, the architect seems sane, it fits a niche (for example scripts baked into container images don't need full (Node + tsx + esbuild) or Bun/Deno)
Personally my benchmark for a compiler is way higher than "it has a lot of tests". Way higher.
this. it's also insane that some are willing to do anything but use something other than javascript. out of all the languages to die on a hill for...
the only group i noddingly approve of being that programmatically bigoted are the clojure-or-i'm-setting-myself-on-fire guys. they've earned it
>> that doesn't mean much. it has a lot of tests
tests don't mean much if you are not an expert on the subject
> >> that doesn't mean much. it has a lot of tests
> tests don't mean much if you are not an expert on the subject
I think the bet is that the AI is an expert, given the vast literature and open source around compilers.