article · DROPS (Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz Center for Informatics) · 2023

Large Language Models: Compilers for the 4^{th} Generation of Programming Languages? (Short Paper)

S. Marcondes, Francisco, Almeida, José João, Novais, Paulo

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Abstract

This paper explores the possibility of large language models as a fourth generation programming language compiler. This is based on the idea that large language models are able to translate a natural language specification into a program written in a particular programming language. In other words, just as high-level languages provided an additional language abstraction to assembly code, large language models can provide an additional language abstraction to high-level languages. This interpretation allows large language models to be thought of through the lens of compiler theory, leading to insightful conclusions.

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APA 7

S. Marcondes, F., Almeida, J. J., & Novais, P. (2023). Large Language Models: Compilers for the 4^{th} Generation of Programming Languages? (Short Paper). DROPS (Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz Center for Informatics). https://doi.org/10.4230/oasics.slate.2023.10

MLA 9

S. Marcondes, Francisco, et al. “Large Language Models: Compilers for the 4^{th} Generation of Programming Languages? (Short Paper).” DROPS (Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz Center for Informatics), 2023, https://doi.org/10.4230/oasics.slate.2023.10.

Chicago

S. Marcondes, Francisco, José João Almeida, and Paulo Novais. 2023. “Large Language Models: Compilers for the 4^{th} Generation of Programming Languages? (Short Paper).” DROPS (Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz Center for Informatics). https://doi.org/10.4230/oasics.slate.2023.10.

Harvard

S. Marcondes, F., Almeida, J.J. and Novais, P. (2023) ‘Large Language Models: Compilers for the 4^{th} Generation of Programming Languages? (Short Paper)’, DROPS (Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz Center for Informatics). Available at: https://doi.org/10.4230/oasics.slate.2023.10.

BibTeX

@article{smarcondes2023large,
  title = {{Large Language Models: Compilers for the 4^\{th\} Generation of Programming Languages? (Short Paper)}},
  author = {S. Marcondes, Francisco and Almeida, José João and Novais, Paulo},
  journal = {DROPS (Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz Center for Informatics)},
  year = {2023},
  doi = {10.4230/oasics.slate.2023.10}
}

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