| ▲ | guessmyname 4 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||
Pi is good in concept, but why couldn’t they choose a compiled language instead of TypeScript? | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | jack_pp 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
since pi is built to modify itself, isn't it better to use a language like typescript where LLMs have a LOT of training data? a harness doesn't do any computations by itself so what benefit is using a compiled language? | |||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | simonw 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
I imagine because they want to support plugins, and plugins in compiled language are a lot less natural than plugins in languages like TypeScript or Python. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | root_axis an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Why does it matter? Agent harnesses aren't doing anything that would make a compiled language more suitable than a scripting language. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | buremba 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
For TUIs, Rust/Go vs Typescript doesn't really makes a huge performance difference and you lose the 50x bigger community advantage of Typescript. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | tuvix 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
I would imagine the extension system they built would be much more difficult to manage. They could have opted for Lua, though, I suppose. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | fg137 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Does it matter to you as a user, other than the Nodejs/npm requirement? | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | gidellav 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Sorry for self-insert, but that's exactly what I thought and I built https://github.com/gi-dellav/zerostack, so you are right I'd say | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | maxloh 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Opencode is written in Go. | |||||||||||||||||
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