Re: Policy on use of LLM tools and bug fixes

Richard Biener via Gcc <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gcc.devel
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> Am 24.04.2026 um 22:08 schrieb Thomas Koenig <[email protected]>:
> 
> Am 24.04.26 um 11:02 schrieb Richard Biener via Gcc:
>> The actual issues we're going to have with LLMs are much more likely
>> that people do not understand the code LLMs produce and we end up
>> having (more) code that's not really maintainable.
> 
> Or even worse: What the AI tools generate is like the (by now
> proverbial) house where the walls and beams are made of foam
> and the art is load-bearing.
> 
> (Current LLM tools make extremely bad software architecture
> decisions).

I must say this is not solely a property of LLMs… ;)

I’d also not accept big infrastructure designed by LLMs.  I still hope for sensible use of LLMs for GCC, like finishing long neglected partial transitions.  I do not think LLMs are ready to implement new compiler features.

Richard 

> 
> Best regards
> 
>    Thomas
>
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