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jeanbza 10 hours ago

> why do you think Go is better compared to other languages?

I didn't say that. :)

> where do the results claiming that AI agents generate superior Go code actually come from?

Like I said - reports from users.

> Is it a fair, apples-to-apples comparison?

No - these are reports from users, not a systematic analysis.

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PrimalPower 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

>> why do you think Go is better compared to other languages?

> I didn't say that. :)

I call this the Go paradox.

I simultaneously believe we should reach for it 80% of the time to solve common collaborative problems. And being a poorer language is actually an asset in these cases.

However, in doing so, we get rusty lose our fluency in more expressive, perhaps even better languages.

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wvenable 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Like I said - reports from users.

How does that work? Are they generating the same project in different languages and comparing the results? What does it mean for the code to be "better"?

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jdw64 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Ah, I see. I misunderstood.Is the report from an internal source, so it can't be shared? If not, I'd appreciate it if you could send me a link so I can look into it too.

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jatins 10 hours ago | parent [-]

it’s probably just some informal Slack messages between colleagues that is being described as “reports from users”. There is no Report here

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jeanbza 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yes, this. =) I talk to Go users around the company all the time. Their feedback has been in this direction for a bit now.

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switchbak 7 hours ago | parent [-]

But isn't this expected from users that like a certain language? Won't you also hear this response from Rust users that like Rust?

	▲	frollogaston 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Exactly. I only count opinions from people who have deeply used the two langs they're comparing and can express what exactly was wrong with one of them for their task.

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zero_shift 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You are being downvoted but I think this is correct. I doubt Netflix is really doing a double blind RCT on which languages produce better AI pull requests. How would that even work, have two versions of each service in different languages?

It's anecdata and maybe, MAYBE, a spreadsheet. Or a Google Form somewhere.