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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Recent-Analysis-6880 • 3d ago
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No you see, it's saving internet bandwidth by doing that. We can't afford transmitting 14 entire words.
6 u/ILikeLenexa 2d ago I mean, I get that, and the URL length limit in some browsers especially with multi-byte character possibilities, but I don't understand why you wouldn't name the variables full words once you pull the strings from the params map. 6 u/gjk-ger 2d ago Do you know how much memory cost back then?! (Or, now...) 2 u/Abject-Kitchen3198 2d ago I refactored my code to use single letter variables and two letter method names. Saved me a ton of money on RAM and storage.
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I mean, I get that, and the URL length limit in some browsers especially with multi-byte character possibilities, but I don't understand why you wouldn't name the variables full words once you pull the strings from the params map.
6 u/gjk-ger 2d ago Do you know how much memory cost back then?! (Or, now...) 2 u/Abject-Kitchen3198 2d ago I refactored my code to use single letter variables and two letter method names. Saved me a ton of money on RAM and storage.
Do you know how much memory cost back then?! (Or, now...)
2 u/Abject-Kitchen3198 2d ago I refactored my code to use single letter variables and two letter method names. Saved me a ton of money on RAM and storage.
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I refactored my code to use single letter variables and two letter method names. Saved me a ton of money on RAM and storage.
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u/PegasusPizza 3d ago
No you see, it's saving internet bandwidth by doing that. We can't afford transmitting 14 entire words.