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Jan 29 at 1:05amIvory for Mac
Show threadChristian Kent   𝘊𝘒 :＼﹥Jan 29

@atpfm John, @siracusa I wonder if I should update this Wikipedia article — it feels like we’ve reached the expected heights, even if it’s a different mountain range than we were pointed to in decades past

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth-generation_programming_language

But the description of co-piloting an LLM coder is surely fitting the basic description we were given in 1980s computing science academic material?

“Natural language coding” but it was always bogged down in “did you remember to make a detailed design?” and what that really entailed. A product manager still needs to know what they want … or describe it … in words.

Fifth-generation programming language - Wikipedia

Show threadChristian Kent   𝘊𝘒 :＼﹥Jan 29

@atpfm @siracusa Meanwhile, the similarly antique “computer generation” nomenclature died off between the 4th and 5th iteration too … PCs really derailed it, so much so that Wikipedia redirects the “4th generation” article to a heading under microcomputers:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Generation_Computer_Systems

The last time I had a serious question about “which generation computer do you have?” would have been the early 80s and I’d just read a kids’ book about computers … Z80 processors and “the code should work on a TRS-80 or similar” — a book like this:

(Make sure you choose a micro wisely!)

Show threadsayrerJan 29
@atpfm @caseyliss there's a separate tool for the ice. Your co-hosts implied constant vigilance would help, but this is not always true (data source: me, a person who lived in a house where I was the only man in Upstate NY) https://www.tiktok.com/@robbsfilms/video/7326294053614652714
TikTok - Make Your Day

Show threadCasey LissJan 29
@sayrer Yeah I briefly mentioned that during the show. I have one coming Sunday.
Show threadMarco BarriosJan 29
@atpfm @caseyliss Thank you for providing live unit conversions. I would pay for the ATP membership just for this feature alone.
Show threadsayrerJan 29
@atpfm @siracusa just got to the Claude part, the magic word is "consolidate" to get it to stop spewing repetitious code.