Re: Common Lisp with no AI (that's ironic I suppose)

On Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:15:03 -0800
"Scott L. Burson" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> You're seriously suggesting you would stop using SBCL if it contained any
> LLM-generated code whatsoever, no matter how thoroughly tested and
> painstakingly reviewed?  

Yes.

I think that's silly.  Everyone here knows that
> LLMs can screw up, just like us humans, and that all submissions need to be
> thoroughly vetted.  Though I'm not on the SBCL team, I have complete
> confidence that everything they accept into the code base will be of the
> highest possible quality.  

I seem to recall a commit made about 1 week ago to SBCL whose rationale was written by AI and turned out to be completely wrong. In a sane world that would be considered the final straw.

That's how they've done things for 20+ years,
> and there's no reason it would change now.
> 
> Two things are happening rapidly: LLMs are getting better at programming,
> and people are learning how to get better work out of them.  

"The plane crashed, but the pilot is getting better all the time. Trust me bro"

Brett.