Is there a better language for AI agents?

From the Language-of-the-Gods Dept.

“These features and tools were originally built to empower humans, but it turns out that AI and humans have surprisingly similar needs. … But with Go, AI models can leverage the platform’s end-to-end toolchain to operate on Go code faster, cheaper, and more reliably, producing higher-quality, more secure, and more correct code.”

Link to article “Why Go is an ideal language for AI assisted software engineering

“In the era of AI-driven development, this read-first philosophy transforms into a force multiplier. Where individual developers might have historically favored syntax brevity, implicit typing, and clever shortcuts that accelerate prototyping, agent ergonomics—and the corresponding human verification loop—demand the exact opposite: predictability, explicitness, and rigid structure”

There is an old anecdote that says that Greece invented philopshy because their language allowed for abstract terms. Another similar story is that human-kinkd would have invented digital computers sooner if we had 8 fingers instead of 10, as a base-8 number system would sooner reveal the power of binary.

Both anecdotes are flawed (e.g. philosphy started in many places & languages, and base-8 extends but is not base-2), but it is true that the choice of language can help or hinder, like any tooling decision.

The linked article discusses GoLang’s considerable benefits.

It also reminds me of recent articles (1, 2) about the benefits of DSL (domain specific languages). The considerable advantages of DSLs have traditionally been outweighed by the cost of generating and maintaining the associated tooling.

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