alt Hacker NewsActually, we’ve been formally declaring the logic of programs to compilers, which is something very different.
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9rx • 01/04/2026
The only difference is that newer languages have figured out how to remove a lot of the boilerplate.
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(Replying to myself because hn)
That’s not the only difference at all. A good use of an LLM might be to ask it what the difference between using an LLM and writing code for a compiler is.