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by chrisjj 17 days ago
> Honestly I am pretty sure AI would be better at zig than rust since zig has no hidden control flow which means that AI has the full context of any given function without having to find traits.

You say that as if having to find traits was a problem ... for a bot.
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himata4113 17 days ago
Traits are harder to find since multiple traits can apply, but the one strictest one wins. They also have to be followed from generic types which adds a whole other layer of complexity, without an LSP it's a lost cause.
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chrisjj 17 days ago
> Traits are harder to find

Sure, but what matters is whether that's too hard for an "AI".

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himata4113 17 days ago
1 read vs realizing that lsp exists and using it correctly, even if ai is smart that's more token burn and it is slower making zig 'better'.

It also has to realize that "Drop" exists and know what it does since there's nothing in code that clearly says "this object is automatically dropped by the compiler on scope end.

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