Karpathy Is Right — But the Bigger Question Isn't What Language LLMs Write Code In
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Andrej Karpathy posted today that it's "a very interesting time to be in programming languages and formal methods" because LLMs change the whole constraints landscape. He's right. But I think the more important question isn't what language LLMs should write code in — it's what language they should make commitments in.
Code is disposable — agents will rewrite it constantly. Contracts between agents need to be permanent, verifiable, and mathematically enforced. That requires a different kind of language entirely.
