alt Hacker NewsWe are way past "working compilation" when it comes to LLMs. They are already really good at writing readable, compliable code. The big problem with LLMs is making sure the output binary actually does what you wanted it to do. But if you define the goal not merely as instructions in a vague, unspecific human language and rather as recreating a given set of binary instructions after compilation, this big drawback goes away. So in a sense they are better suited for recompilation projects than for developing new applications.
My point is that we have been past the "working compilation" way before LLMs, and I do not think anything in LLMs help with it, at best agents use these tools with the same efficiency. I disagree that they're good at writing compilable code, but agree on the readable part.