Re: Oh d-ai-ry d-ai-ry me

Richard Heathfield:
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I asked: "Write a program that is valid C90 but invalid
C99."
 ChatGPT said:
 Certainly! To illustrate this, I'll write a C program that
is valid in C90 but invalid in C99.

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This AI cannot speak English and answer questions as they
are asked:
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  1.  You did not ask it /whether/ it were possible to write
      such a program, so its answer "Certainly" either makes
      no sense, or means agreement to fullfil your request.
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  2.  If it means agreement, the following sentence makes no
      sense, for what is it going to illustrate (if not the
      possiblity of such a program)?
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  3.  And then it cocludes with a blatant tautology,
      promising to "illustrate" the wrting of a C90-but-not-
      C99 program, by writing a C90-but-not-C99 program.
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Its diction is like that of schoolchild taught to start an
answers by repeating the question, but not understanding how
to do it.