Code is not a spec. It's an instruction set. It can be a spec if you try hard but that's not an inherent property of code. For example you can write code to be a compiler..that makes it a spec. But hello world is not a spec.

As for whether or not LLMs can write unit tests. The answer is yes.

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recursive 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Hello world is a spec. The spec says to produce the text hello world on standard output.

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hparadiz 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Try running it without a compatible ABI. See how far you get.

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recursive an hour ago | parent [-]

Not sure what the point is. We can update the spec with "in the presence of a compatible ABI".

	▲	hparadiz an hour ago \| parent [-]
		All I'm saying is a program isn't VHS. It's a VHS tape. At that point it's largely philosophy. Can you reconstruct a VHS format from a VHS tape? Sure.