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Optimization. Why use many word when few word do trick?
by minimaxir 2mo ago
Optimization. Why use many word when few word do trick?
- stavros 2mo agoWhat I find funny about "why use many word when few word do trick?" is that it's only slightly shorter than the regular "why use many words when few words do the trick?"
- rapind 2mo agoI always figured that was part of the joke, because a writer came up with it, and a writer would know (I assume?).
- inopinatus 2mo agoThe latter is not a complete alternative, it is ambiguously conflating vocabulary scale with word count, and also, it is not as funny
- happycube 2mo agoless word better(, many words bad)
- anshorei 1mo agofew word better, many bad
- seunosewa 1mo agoIn my research it's a solid 10 - 20% shorter on average, free of charge. That's nice to stack on top of other optimisations.
- andsoitis 2mo ago> Why use many word when few word do trick? Be concise. OR Brief is best. OR Eschew verbosity etc.
- gjvc 2mo ago"Omit needless words." -- William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White., The Elements of Style
- gaigalas 2mo agoOptimization on a idiosyncrasy. The same thing that makes Claude repeat "That was the most important thing you said in this whole conversation" is what makes grug speak optimize on token usage. Real humans get non-primary information from word variation. It's reasonable to hypothesize that it has a role in thinking things, because it endures. Our languages need to breathe over time, and flourishing might be one of the aspects that allows that breathing space.
- TiredOfLife 2mo agoSee world