[timschumi]

It's unfortunate that he uploaded this without notable commit history, it would be interesting to see how long it takes a programmer of his caliber to bring up a project like this.

That said, judging by the license file this was based on QuickJS anyway, making it a moot comparison.

[k4rli]

It does say "public repository of..." implying there's a non-public one with real history. Not sure why not upload the main one though.

[zarzavat]

If he's anything like me (doubtful but roll with it), the commit history when prototyping is probably something like "commit", "commit", "fixed a bug", etc.

[incognito124]

Maybe he just oneshotted it

[agumonkey]

Maybe claude code uses bellard as agent

[MisterTea]

Claude is really Bellard sitting in his kitchen, sipping coffee, casually replying to code requests while getting ready for his day.

[christophilus]

This explains a lot. Opus 4.5 gives you access to Bellard after his second cup of coffee.

[deafpolygon]

Is Bellard the “Chuck Norris” of Programming?

[StopDisinfo910]

He is extremely productive in its specialty: the intersection of programming language and system programming. I don't think that makes him superhuman.

It's more a model of what a really talented person who applies themselves building things they enjoy building can do.

I prefer thinking of it this way: if Bellard can make a small JS engine from scratch by himself, what's really stoping you from knocking down this library you are thinking about.

[throwup238]

> He is extremely productive in its specialty: the intersection of programming language and system programming.

Why do you say that specifically is his specialty? He also started QEMU and ffmpeg which are foundational pieces of software for several industries, and his day job is as founder of a company that makes software defined radio test equipment for cellular networks. There isn't one thing I could point at as a specialty.

[oblio]

A sort of reverse code golf where he doesn't care what he sends as all that code will never touch his prod code bases.

[saagarjha]

I’d expect much better results, honestly

[khazhoux]

"You're right! I apologize for the confusion. I am, in fact, Fabrice Bellard. Comment allez-vous?"

[ale]

It's Fabrice so there's a chance he did