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New comment by qarl in "Early Christian Writings"

qarl — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:36:46 +0000

Yes, I agree, it's entirely possible to find random links interesting. That does not mean they are related to "hacker news".

The only reason these stories get upvoted is because of that audience you mentioned.

New comment by qarl in "Early Christian Writings"

qarl — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:29:26 +0000

You're a riot. Thank you for assisting me in proving my point.

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qarl — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:21:54 +0000

Well, actually, my culture doesn't program me to "bear witness", so no.

I mean, you guys don't even try to hide it.

New comment by qarl in "We tasked Opus 4.6 using agent teams to build a C Compiler"

qarl — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 23:17:05 +0000

Dude - now I have to turn off my auto notify.

You are fucking nuts.

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qarl — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 22:57:45 +0000

Why not? They're nice stories. People like stories, even if they're entirely made up.

I guess maybe it does feel a bit like gross proselytizing. Hm.

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qarl — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 21:40:19 +0000

Naw. I got him to reveal himself, which was the whole point.

It's amazing what you can get people to do.

New comment by qarl in "We tasked Opus 4.6 using agent teams to build a C Compiler"

qarl — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 16:32:08 +0000

You thought your course mates would be able to write a C compiler that builds the Linux?

Huh. Interesting. Like the other guy pointed out, compiler classes often get students to write toy C compilers. I think a lot of students don't understand the meaning of the word "toy". I think this thread is FULL of people like that.

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qarl — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 16:28:49 +0000

Your 2yr old can't build a C compiler in Rust that builds Linux.

Sorry mate, I think you're tripping.

New comment by qarl in "We tasked Opus 4.6 using agent teams to build a C Compiler"

qarl — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 16:22:53 +0000

OK, well, the people in MY software industry use LOC as an informal measure of complexity.

LIKE THE WHOLE WORLD DOES.

But hey, maybe it's just the extremely high profile projects I've worked on.

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qarl — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 16:20:31 +0000

HA.

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qarl — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 11:21:10 +0000

> the level of performance isn't stated in the linked article so a parser in Python is probably sufficient.

No, you'll have to match the performance of the actual code, regardless of what happens to be written in the article. It is a C compiler written in Rust.

Obviously. Your games reveal your malign intent.

EDIT: And good LORD. Who writes a C compiler in python. Do you know any other languages?!?

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qarl — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 10:24:55 +0000

What does this even mean?

New comment by qarl in "We tasked Opus 4.6 using agent teams to build a C Compiler"

qarl — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 10:18:09 +0000

Deal. I'll pay you IF you can achieve the same level of performance. Heck, I'll double it.

You must provide the entire git history with small commits.

I won't be holding my breath.

New comment by qarl in "We tasked Opus 4.6 using agent teams to build a C Compiler"

qarl — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 04:39:45 +0000

Oh yeah, I do. That whole internet thing was a total HOAX. I can't believe people bought into that.

Can you imagine if Amazon, EBay, PayPal, or Saleforce existed today?

New comment by qarl in "We tasked Opus 4.6 using agent teams to build a C Compiler"

qarl — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 03:52:02 +0000

I love how your comment is getting downvoted.

Like it's a surprise that startups burn through money. I get the feeling that people really have no idea what they're talking about in here anymore.

It's a shame.

New comment by qarl in "We tasked Opus 4.6 using agent teams to build a C Compiler"

qarl — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 02:20:14 +0000

A compiler that can build linux.

That level of quality should be sufficient.

Do you know any low quality programmers that write C compilers in rust THAT CAN BUILD LINUX?

No you don't. They do not exist.

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qarl — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 02:19:27 +0000

Are you trolling me? Companies (made of humans) write 100,000 LOC all the time.

And it's really expensive, despite your suspicions.

New comment by qarl in "We tasked Opus 4.6 using agent teams to build a C Compiler"

qarl — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 02:05:51 +0000

> It cost $20,000

I'm curious - do you have ANY idea what it costs to have humans write 100,000 lines of code???

You should look it up. :)

New comment by qarl in "We tasked Opus 4.6 using agent teams to build a C Compiler"

qarl — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 01:47:53 +0000

That distinction doesn't change my point. I am not surprised that a 40 year old project generates better code than this brand new one.

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qarl — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:43:59 +0000

> Still a really cool project!

Yeah. This test sorta definitely proves that AI is legit. Despite the millions of people still insisting it's a hoax.

The fact that the optimizations aren't as good as the 40 year gcc project? Eh - I think people who focus on that are probably still in some serious denial.