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Converting a large mathematical software package written in C++ to C++20 modules

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141 points vblanco | 1 comments | 01 Jul 25 13:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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nsoonhui ◴[02 Jul 25 03:24 UTC] No.44440007[source]▶
I really wonder whether LLMs are helpful in this case. This kind of task should be the forte of LLMs: well-defined syntax and requirements, abundant training material available, and outputs that are verifiable and validatable.

Perhaps we should use LLMs to convert all the legacy programs written in Fortran or COBOL into modern languages.

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1. rsynnott ◴[02 Jul 25 09:22 UTC] No.44441623[source]▶
You are far from the first person to have this very, very bad idea.

No, LLMs are not good at refactoring.