Here's a question we see, especially from AI skeptics: if AI coding is so great, shouldn't we be seeing more new, good software by now?
Here are some answ...
C++ and Java were pretty big improvements on the state of the art. As a case, modern operating systems are better in almost every dimension from their ancestors.
Linux? Yes, for sure. Though they sure don’t use a decade old version of C or Rust. And Linus has been unambiguous about productivity gains of tools like git and syzkaller amongst others.
But, when I said “operating system”, I meant far more than just a kernel.
C++ and Java were pretty big improvements on the state of the art. As a case, modern operating systems are better in almost every dimension from their ancestors.
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Biggest modern operating system is mainly built in C though, with a smattering of Rust.
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Linux? Yes, for sure. Though they sure don’t use a decade old version of C or Rust. And Linus has been unambiguous about productivity gains of tools like git and syzkaller amongst others.
But, when I said “operating system”, I meant far more than just a kernel.
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