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The TrapC compiler can avoid most memory-safe-pointer boundary checks by using AI code reasoning (thenewstack.io)

submitted 9 months ago by 0xDEADBEEFCAFE@programming.dev to c/programmingcirclejerk@programming.dev

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Turns out we don't need a borrow checker after all. We can just use vague "AI code reasoning". This seems highly credible and I'm sure we're going to see a fully functional compiler and source release within the next 10 decades.

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[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

Why write dozens of lines of C when you can set the planet on fire to summon an edge case bug generator instead!

[–] crmsnbleyd@sopuli.xyz 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Rowe told us this week — “The thing about union is it is widely used in C for SSO Short String Optimization… more common than I’d thought.”

surely a good idea to let this guy design a C compiler

[–] Binette@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago

Did you ask AI if it was a good idea?