Andy WingoMar 9

gerald sussman once said that programming is no longer constructive, building truths from truths, instead investigative, identifying probable behavior from unreliable libraries. anyway, llms,,,

https://wingolog.org/archives/2009/03/24/international-lisp-conference-day-two

Show threadSpindley Q FrogMar 9
@wingo I wrote a response to this the last time you posted it... I think Sussman's assessment was probably more or less correct when he made it, but we built a better world afterwards, and ceding that ground meant giving up fundamental tools of problem-solving that are perhaps more valuable now than they've ever been.
https://blog.information-superhighway.net/on-the-need-for-understanding
On The Need For Understanding

I saw this Mastodon post from Andy Wingo recently: in these days of coding agents and what-not, i often think of gerald sussman's comm...

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Show threadMisty
@SpindleyQ This is a very good read; thanks for sharing it again.
Mar 9 at 9:02pmWeb
Show threadSpindley Q FrogMar 10
@misty thank you! I was actually a little too self-conscious to share it when I first wrote it, but I'm glad I got a second opportunity. It seems to really be resonating with people.