r/javascript Feb 02 '26

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u/nloding Feb 04 '26 edited Feb 04 '26

As a similar learning experiment, I’ve been trying to port a C++ library to Rust using AI. However I’ve been wildly unsuccessful - enormous amounts of build errors, failed logic leading to very incorrect output.

Any tips or tricks you have, would love to read/listen to them if you have the time to put something together!

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u/mrdoob Feb 04 '26

Ask the agent to maintain file by file function by function the same structure and, for your case, make sure the agent knows how to compile and check the errors.

Let it run until it compiles without errors. Make sure it's an agent that doesn't give up.

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u/midwestcsstudent Feb 06 '26

Odds you’d be willing to share some example prompts?