[Jtsummers]

Prerequisite, yes, but it is not the thing itself. Just because you can spell doesn't mean you can write a novel, or every Spelling Bee winner should become an award winning novelist. The meaning of the words, the structure of the novel, characterizations, etc. all matter as well, and are ultimately much more important than just spelling things correctly.

Defining programming as just syntax is nonsense. The SHOUTED IS (like we're on AOL again for some reason) places outsized emphasis on syntax. Either that it is "just syntax" as randomdata wrote or the majority of programming as the SHOUTED IS could also imply, makes no sense. Just creating a syntactically valid program is insufficient for creating a correct or useful program, just as correctly spelling a string of words is not enough to create a novel.

[ithgub]

Hey, if we’re going with uncharitable readings I’ll give my own a go…

I challenge you to write me “correct and useful program” without syntax.

Be mindful, the natural language you use to communicate with llms also, brace yourself, has syntax.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syntax

You ever gone a week without SyNtAx?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X9FJiDFVoOo

> just as correctly spelling a string of words is not enough to create a novel.

I present to you finnegans wake. ;P

[dataf3l]

Challenge accepted

“This program, print the numbers from 1 to 10 in python”

In order to run my simple program just copy paste it into your LLM, of choice and execute it

Notice that the program does what it supposed to do it is deterministic unless you use something like gpt2 and it solves the problem that I aim to solve

We are in a New Age

Dictated but not read