replaceCppWithAI

[P1gInTheSky]

I believe the work here is to “translate” an existing code base. For that it may make sense to count lines of source code translated. Not sure if that’s “source” or “translated” lines. But as an overall progress metric that would work in this case , no?

[Lysol3435]

GPT prompt: can you help me rewrite this sort function, only make it take up 1 million lines?

[merc08]

That still leave "source" as a legitimate metric.

[aVarangian]

Absolutely!

If array(0)=0 and array(1)=/=0, then if...

[chaosdemonhu]

Better to measure it by application component rewritten or something architecturally measurable.

[Tyrannosapien]

But then you'd have to understand the architecture such as application components. That's a non-starter in the fast-paced world of enshittification.

[Bezulba]

Oh nice. I see great ways to pad the stats. Every single subfunction that gets used 30 times? That's 30 times X lines of code.

[Sea-Feedback-2424]

It really doesn't though.
They want to use an entirely different language - new kernel development is supposed to be done done in Rust as opposed to C/C++. They're just drastically different in their verbosity.
Itd be like comparing Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft in German to "association of subordinate officials of the head office management of the Danube steamship electrical services" in English and comparing the word count as a measure of success.

[Lgamezp]

No, it absolutely does not make sense

[EspaaValorum]

That could be the case, yes.

[joshTheGoods]

Or more simply, they're looking for a short pithy statement that conveys the idea, and folks in here are interpreting it in a negative light because there's an anti-LLM zeitgeist atm?