• From specifications to code we go code generation...

    From Julio Di Egidio@julio@diegidio.name to comp.programming,comp.theory on Thu Feb 26 20:40:39 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.programming

    No, from specifications to code we go code generation.
    The hard tasks are before that: going from informal
    needs to formal requirements (the problem domain),
    aka the analysis hurdle with an "impossible" task;
    then from requirements to the formal specifications
    (the solution domain), with the engineering hurdle
    of life cycles and constraints that are orthogonal
    to the problems themselves. AI, that AI, could help
    with natural language, and that's pretty much it:
    tools that can talk, not tools that can think or
    even count...

    Benjamin Pierce: Properties for the People (YouTube)
    Topos Institute Colloquium, 26th of February 2026. <https://www.youtube.com/live/4E0a-bZyIpM?t=766>

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