alt Hacker Newsisn't that just copilot "explain", one of the earliest copilot capabilities. It's definitely helpful to understand new codebases at a high level
> there is a reason why legalese is not plain English, and it goes beyond mere gatekeeping.
unfortunately they're not in any kind of formal language either
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> > there is a reason why legalese is not plain English, and it goes beyond mere gatekeeping.
> unfortunately they're not in any kind of formal language either
Most formulas made of fancy LaTeX symbols you find in math papers aren't a formal language either. They usually can't be mechanically translated via some parser to an actual formal language like Python or Lean. You would need an advanced LLM for that. But they (the LaTeX formulas) are still more precise than most natural language. I assume something similar is the case with legalese.
> isn't that just copilot "explain", one of the earliest copilot capabilities. It's definitely helpful to understand new codebases at a high level
In my experience this function is quite useless. It will just repeat the code in plain English. It will not explain it.