GitHub Copilot is starting to produce D code that can almost pass code review

[H. S. Teoh]

On Tue, Apr 05, 2022 at 01:09:56PM -0700, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On 4/5/2022 5:46 AM, Max Samukha wrote:
> > It works the other way, too. Many engineers are obsessed with
> > simplicity. They go to great lengths to come up with the simplest
> > solution where a complex one would suffice.))
> 
> Anybody can come up with a a complex solution. A simple one takes
> genius.
> 
> You know it's genius when others say: "phui, anyone could have done
> that!"
> 
> Except that nobody did.

+100.

As the old saying goes, you can always add another level of abstraction
(when faced with some programming problem). It takes genius to *reduce*
the level of abstraction *and* solve the problem at the same time.


T

-- 
Those who don't understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.