At least there’s non-destructive editing. That always has been a massive argument against GIMP. I used Krita over GIMP for that reason alone.

I always write toy software. I derive joy from writing in G’MIC.

This is why I only use AI as a last resort tool, I never use AI otherwise. AI can’t really solve problems as well as humans do. I see it as only a tool, but last resort tool. I have only resorted to it 5x in the span of two years.

I’d say libraries is why it is popular. Also, I’m not a Python developer, and I don’t bother with libraries.

As someone who dislikes Python, I can’t say I agree. So, I will use Python, but I only use it for 3 lines of code snips to test before making codes on other languages.

I used it only as last resort. I verify it before using it. I only had used it for like .11% of my project. I would not recommend AI.

I’ll admit I did used AI for code before, but here’s the thing. I already coded for years, and I usually try everything before last resort things. And I find that approach works well. I rarely needed to go to the AI route. I used it like for .11% of my coding work, and I verified it through stress testing.

I never had a issue with loops. If I feel something is off, I terminate, check code, and fix it.

This. I rarely boot up Python for the tasks I need to do, and if they are, they are one of the following:

• Assistant code for other coding language
• Throwaway script
• Prototype before using a faster language

I just write in a language few people really knows well. Not like I expect AI to do a great job of basing off my code.

I only used LLM-generated code once. I tested and made modifications to see if it was I want. It worked out.

In G’MIC, there’s repeat(num_of_iters,_var_name,code();); on JIT code, and repeat code_block done outside of JIT. It has while, for, dowhile on JIT too. Other than repeat, there is only do while, and for which is while outside of JIT.

Note: _var_name, can be omitted. So, if you need to just repeat a code N times, that can be removed.

Eh, I rather write code by hand no matter how long it takes.

I use KDE Kate for my coding. Scripting more accurately to some users, but I don’t find a meaningful distinction.

Yeah. repeat() is unique to a few language. I think just Scala, and G’MIC has it. I use the second one. It’s more convenient than say for(p=0,p<5,++p,);. Sometimes, repeat(5,); suffice.

I actually use repeat(iterations,index_name(optionall),);. No need for i++ or ++i for loop in many cases.

I had this problem only once. Luckily, I do not need recursion. I know my way using iterative process.

Numpy is good for that. But, I gravitate toward naturally faster langs where I don’t need to import a library for speed. I use Python for simple, dumb scripts.

Nah. I only used AI as a last resort, and in my case, it has worked out. I cannot see myself using AI for codes again.

I don’t understand the code, but it’s good to see you doing things.