Bruh how many millions they burned to generate this slop C compiler.
narcisd on
Multiple c compilers are in in it’s training set.. so it is pretty much a bad copy paste with extra steps
stillavoidingthejvm on
Now make a compiler for an obscure language that wouldn’t exist in the training data somewhere.
son-of-chadwardenn on
This is a tech demo not a serious attempt to make gcc obsolete. Calling it unimpressive sounds like a cope. Most software development involves applying familiar patterns so complaining that it didn’t invent compilers from scratch without training is silly.
Now I do think it is a problem that developers are churning out large quantities of bug ridden AI code that no one has read and understood. It seems in every field people are trusting AI far beyond the actual capability and reliability of the technology. But I don’t know why so many people can’t make that criticism without resorting to calling AI an unimpressive fancy autocomplete.
RadzimierzWozniak on
It would be far more impressed with design a language and a complier for it. Imho ai has usually probelm with building its own abstraction and using even well described things that were not in the dataset. Few shot learning
_ii_ on
I used to ask fresh grade candidates who would highlight their GPA or class works related to compilers to walk me through some basic concepts of building a parser and interpreter for a simplified Lisp language. I had one out of more than 20 candidates passed the test. An AI built C compiler is more impressive for me than all the CS grads I interviewed over the years.
PigsOnTheWings on
“No, it’s just a useful tool that requires careful, expert use to be effective.”
This. This. This. Remove the expert human in the loop and you have unmaintainable AI slop.
Expensive_Shallot_78 on
Also it’s all stolen from open source software. What is supposed to be impressive about this? Have people lost their mind?
ddx-me on
Just as with any tool like generative AI, you need thr expertise to ensure you’re not unintentionally leaking personal info
Due-Perception1319 on
yay more people will be fired or more slop will be produced yay yay
ISuckAtJavaScript12 on
I can build a c compiler if I’m also allowed to use gcc
Wind2Energy on
AI ruins *everything*.
comfortableNihilist on
As expected, right?
jesusonoro on
A C compiler is maybe the most well-documented piece of software in computing history. There are literally textbooks that walk you through building one step by step. Ask it to write a compiler for a language that doesn’t exist yet targeting a novel architecture, then we can talk. Right now it’s basically passing an open-book exam and people are acting like it invented calculus.
Ciappatos on
It’s so nice to read experts talking about their expertise.
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I’m impressed if it does reliably produce working code.
[](https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2026/02/13/anthropic_c_compiler/)AI anboys think it’s the greatest thing since sliced bread. Devs aren’t nearly as won over
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Bruh how many millions they burned to generate this slop C compiler.
Multiple c compilers are in in it’s training set.. so it is pretty much a bad copy paste with extra steps
Now make a compiler for an obscure language that wouldn’t exist in the training data somewhere.
This is a tech demo not a serious attempt to make gcc obsolete. Calling it unimpressive sounds like a cope. Most software development involves applying familiar patterns so complaining that it didn’t invent compilers from scratch without training is silly.
Now I do think it is a problem that developers are churning out large quantities of bug ridden AI code that no one has read and understood. It seems in every field people are trusting AI far beyond the actual capability and reliability of the technology. But I don’t know why so many people can’t make that criticism without resorting to calling AI an unimpressive fancy autocomplete.
It would be far more impressed with design a language and a complier for it. Imho ai has usually probelm with building its own abstraction and using even well described things that were not in the dataset. Few shot learning
I used to ask fresh grade candidates who would highlight their GPA or class works related to compilers to walk me through some basic concepts of building a parser and interpreter for a simplified Lisp language. I had one out of more than 20 candidates passed the test. An AI built C compiler is more impressive for me than all the CS grads I interviewed over the years.
“No, it’s just a useful tool that requires careful, expert use to be effective.”
This. This. This. Remove the expert human in the loop and you have unmaintainable AI slop.
Also it’s all stolen from open source software. What is supposed to be impressive about this? Have people lost their mind?
Just as with any tool like generative AI, you need thr expertise to ensure you’re not unintentionally leaking personal info
yay more people will be fired or more slop will be produced yay yay
I can build a c compiler if I’m also allowed to use gcc
AI ruins *everything*.
As expected, right?
A C compiler is maybe the most well-documented piece of software in computing history. There are literally textbooks that walk you through building one step by step. Ask it to write a compiler for a language that doesn’t exist yet targeting a novel architecture, then we can talk. Right now it’s basically passing an open-book exam and people are acting like it invented calculus.
It’s so nice to read experts talking about their expertise.
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