Generally, yes. It sounds like magic at first, but it's really just like a very ...

one-more-minute on Oct 23, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Automatic Differentiation with Julia

Generally, yes. It sounds like magic at first, but it's really just like a very lazy C++ compiler. You can happily look through the generated LLVM and machine code if you want to make sure it's reasonable.