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The AI wrote a standard-compliant text editor from the spec over a weekend; a month, no faults

The AI wrote a POSIX vi implementation from the POSIX specs over a weekend; he has used it for over a month with no fault found in its POSIX implementation.

How it works

  1. The AI writes the editor implementation from the standard's specs over a weekend
  2. He has used it for over a month with no fault found in its standards compliance

Why it’s worth knowing

A month without a fault is the review specs dream of.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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