In the latest episode of the Array Cast podcast we interview KXs CEO, Ashok Reddy.
On this episode we speak to Ashok about his experience in software development and the roles that KX, q and time-series computing will play in the future.
Here are the ChatGPT screenshots you mentioned starting around 38:00 in the episode
1. ChatGPT asked to write some kdb+ code
It was able to write a small sample function and correct it’s errors with some guidance
To be absolutely correct it should have written
//No need for reassigning x with x: //No need for whitespace maxval:{max x} //No need to use , to concatonte the values together maxval[1 5 2 7 3] //Going further //Since no extra functionality is added you can assign direct from max maxval:max //Square brackets not needed for unary function maxval 1 5 2 7 3
2. ChatGPT asked to create a quote and Trade table in kdb+
It does a decent job of creating the tables
The one mistake I did not point out to it is it’s use of insert
//This will error with 'type error q)insert[quote; (12:00:00.000;ABC;10.5;11.0)] //The correct syntax requires the to pass by reference and not by value q)insert[quote; (12:00:00.000;ABC;10.5;11.0)]
3. ChatGPT asked to include datatypes in schema
It corrects it’s mistake well here.
Although in it’s previous example it did insert time datatypes to the time column and not timestamps which may confuse someone new to the language.
4. ChatGPT asked to write a function to list files in a folder by size in kdb+
It does horribly here.
What would people suggest as better answers?
//Basic attempt - does not filter out folders which would need improvement //Would not work on windows //Anyone have any nice ideas for a cross platform simple version? //Using hcount to get size of files is one thing that comes to mind q)size xdesc flip file`size!“SJ”$flip .[;(::;8 4)] {x where not x~:“”} each vs[" "] each 1_ system “ls -lS .” file size --------------------------------------------------- fileTHing 570726400 PlatformKx-4.7.2-Linux-GA.tgz 569087810 developer-1.5.1-linux.zip 152423834 …
Wonderful! A great listen.
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