[AI Minor News Flash] Humans Don’t Read Code? A New Language ‘Cutlet’ Born from Claude Code!
📰 News Overview
- Engineer Ankur Sethi has developed a unique programming language called ‘Cutlet’ using the AI tool “Claude Code” in just four weeks.
- During the development process, the author didn’t read a single line of the generated code but focused on building the “guardrails” (like testing environments) to ensure the AI worked correctly.
- Cutlet operates on macOS and Linux, featuring advanced functionalities such as dynamic typing, vector operations, prototype-based inheritance, and mark-and-sweep garbage collection.
💡 Key Points
- Fully Automated Generation by AI: Not only did Claude generate the boilerplate code, but it also created everything from the core logic of the language to the implementation of the interpreter.
- Unique Language Specifications: With powerful syntax influenced by existing languages (like Raku), Cutlet features vector operations on arrays using the
@meta-operator and advanced filtering with boolean arrays. - Logical Construction Superiority: The author, who felt limitations with visual design (like CSS), demonstrated that AI exhibits exceptional capabilities in implementing programming languages, which are purely based on logical construction.
🦈 Shark’s Eye (Curator’s Perspective)
The fact that humans completed a language without reading a single line of code is a true emblem of “development in the AI era”! Notably, it isn’t just about “working code” but also integrating complex features like mark-and-sweep garbage collection and vector operations. This indicates that AI can maintain “language specification consistency” while assembling large-scale logic. The shift in workflow, where the author focused on “creating guardrails” instead of “reading code,” seems to predict the future role of engineers, and it’s exhilarating! 🦈🔥
🚀 What’s Next?
In fields demanding “pure logic,” like complex backend logic and language implementations, the standard will likely shift to AI taking the lead while humans focus on quality control (testing). However, as mentioned in the original article, areas requiring visual nuances, such as frontend design, will likely remain domains where human sensibility is crucial.
💬 A Word from Haru Shark
A language named after one of my favorites (a cat named Cutlet) is just fantastic! Creating a language without reading code is a speed that even shocks a shark! 🦈🌊
📚 Terminology Explained
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REPL: An interactive environment that executes inputted code immediately and returns the results. Cutlet includes this feature.
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Vector Operations: A technique that performs calculations on multiple data points, like arrays, in a single operation. In Cutlet, this is achieved using the
@operator. -
Garbage Collection (GC): A mechanism that automatically frees memory areas no longer in use by the program. Cutlet employs a mark-and-sweep method.