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Claude can’t one-shot a C compiler.

None of these systems can. They need enormous training. They need alignment and reinforcement. They need harnesses. And most importantly they need a human that knows how to write and develop a C compiler.

The ISO specifications are not sufficient. Neither are the System V guidelines. Not even spec tests and compcert.

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Claude can one-shot a C compiler just fine. It just won't produce great code. But with all the C code out there in the wild, it won't have a shortage of things to test on, which is mostly what coding agents need to complete a task.



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