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by batshit_beaver 480 days ago
> i believe syntax memorization is dead.

Hold up, if you don't know a language's syntax, how can you verify that the answer returned by LLM is correct (at a glance, because a) nobody writes exhaustive tests, LLMs included, and b) you wouldn't be able to read the tests to confirm their validity either)?

I struggle to think of a case where explaining a task to an LLM in a natural language is somehow faster than writing it yourself, specifically in the case where you know a programming language and related libs to accomplish the task, implying non-zero ROI on learning these things.

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I already gave you literally a specific task I completed in minutes vs 2 hours, how are you struggling with that?