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  • argv[-1]argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org
    Oct 16, 2026, 12:47 AM

    #Linus #Torvalds: “I don't understand this whole idiotic concept of "don't use AI for X". Here's a new rule just for you: don't use compilers for any of your kernel submissions.”

    Last time I checked, compilers didn't randomly hallucinate. Or have any randomness in their behavior at all, for that matter.

    Nor did people bafflingly praise compilers for doing things that pre-existing tools already did perfectly well (e.g. finding call sites). Compilers did something new.

    #Linux #LinusTorvalds #AI

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  • argv[-1]argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org
    Oct 16, 2026, 1:44 AM

    #Compilers were inferior to hand-written assembly for a long time, by the way, and they were indeed forbidden or restricted in many projects.

    They were invented in the early 1950s, and it took *four decades* before they were good enough that most projects no longer restricted the use of #compiler⁠s.

    So uh #Linus, you might wanna remember your history here. There is *ample* precedent for projects banning the use of certain tools.

    #retrocomputing #Linux #Torvalds #LinusTorvalds #AI

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