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Large Language Models: Compilers for the 4^{th} Generation of Programming Languages? (Short Paper) S. Marcondes, Francisco Almeida, José João Novais, Paulo programming language compiler large language model 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. Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik Francisco S. Marcondes and José João Almeida and Paulo Novais 2023 Is Part Of OASIcs, Volume 113, 12th Symposium on Languages, Applications and Technologies (SLATE 2023) InProceedings Text doc-type:ResearchArticle publishedVersion application/pdf doi:10.4230/OASIcs.SLATE.2023.10 urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-185240 https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.SLATE.2023.10 eng https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode