1540
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] racemaniac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 day ago

I don't think it has much to do with how "complex or not" it is, but rather how common it is.

It can completely fail on very simple things that are just a bit obscure, so it has too little training data.

And it can do very complex things if there's enough training data on those things.

[-] vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 12 hours ago

Yes exactly.

"Implement a first order lowpass filter in C"

LLM has no issue.

"Implement a string reversal function in Wren"

LLM proceeds to output an unholy mix of python and JavaScript.

Even though the second task is trivial compared to the first, LLMs have almost no training data on Wren (an obscure semi-dead language).

this post was submitted on 19 Aug 2025
1540 points (99.5% liked)

Programmer Humor

25843 readers
1835 users here now

Welcome to Programmer Humor!

This is a place where you can post jokes, memes, humor, etc. related to programming!

For sharing awful code theres also Programming Horror.

Rules

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS