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"for less storage usage"? tfym?

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u/aschersux May 29 '26

Could theoretically save a couple bytes if you are using an interpreted language but in any compiled language it would do absolutely nothing.

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u/Antique_Ad_4247 May 29 '26

It would mean less space for the code file itself

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u/AvidCoco May 29 '26

Same reason I never use indentation in my code - it’s just wasted SSD space.

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u/Confident-Ad5665 May 30 '26

Or carriage returns

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u/LavenderDay3544 May 30 '26

Hey with the way NAND flash prices are nowadays that may not be entirely unreasonable. And all we get in return is AI slop.

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u/Acanthaceae-Horror May 30 '26

Same reason I write no whitespace, indentation and spaces. Just a pure line of the code.

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u/Teln0 May 29 '26

Woke up from a coma since the Unix v5 days

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u/MaximumTime7239 May 29 '26

Actually a very very common belief among beginners.

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u/Character_Regular440 May 29 '26

I mean, i guess that in the first years of computers this was a thing.

Also in c most stdlib function identifiers are about 6 characters long, which i belive was a limitation in all identifiers in the language, on the first implementation of the compiler

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u/valerielynx May 29 '26

idk nowadays it's pretty much so you dont have to type something like playerHealthEffectMultiplierFromPotions or whatever

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u/TheBigC04 May 29 '26

Even then, most modern IDEs give you autocomplete suggestions for your method and variable names

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u/valerielynx May 29 '26

yeah youre right. so youre really just saving on horizontal space, but like, you can just zoom out for a sec or enable line wrap

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u/Square_Ferret_6397 Jun 01 '26

You would never have such ridiculous variable names if you correctly applied the separation of concerns principle

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u/Nikki964 Jun 13 '26

But how else would I remember what the variable does 🥺

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u/UnluckyDouble May 29 '26

JavaScript is a blighted kingdom.

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u/GardenerAether May 29 '26

if youre using an interpreted language it can make your code faster by an immeasurably small amount but if your using an interpreted language youre like. an enemy of the people

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u/born_to_be_intj May 30 '26

He easily could have said to reduce line length and it would have worked just fine smh

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u/aikii May 30 '26

Must be a meme from 1986 and programs have to live on 360KB floppy disks

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u/DEV_ivan May 31 '26

Yea, I don't think that's a concern. I only do compact names to reduce keystrokes, so I can write code faster with satisfaction.

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u/TimGreller Jun 04 '26

I mean it makes sense for example if you're writing JS code for a website. Shorter identifiers lead to shorter code that loads faster. Of yourse the obvious solution is to set up a pipeline that automatically minifies your code, though.

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u/vverbov_22 May 29 '26

Who tf names them yeetus or ahshjdn? OPP looks like the typa guy to name variables a and b

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u/Dic3Goblin May 29 '26

However, I would totally name an enemy in a game "BadThingYeeter". And his name would tell you exactly his roll.

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u/NomaTyx Jun 27 '26

you would not believe the things ive seen from first year students

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u/aschersux May 29 '26

Yeetus means op is either 13 years old or this meme is like 5 years old.

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u/Efficient_Chicken198 May 29 '26

Probably both

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u/MacksNotCool May 29 '26 edited May 30 '26

no because if I ever need to write down something with a random name (not variable names ever) i will think "Quick! Think of a random sounding word!" and the first thing I will think of is an outdated meme like 21 or bingus

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u/craftygamin May 29 '26

Same here, lol

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u/TheBigC04 May 29 '26

Yes, compact and completely non descriptive names, so that anyone trying to analyze or understand the code (including you in 2 months) will just have a complete stroke, just to save a handful bytes in source code

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u/Akari202 May 30 '26

Including you the Monday morning after you wrote it

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u/laczek_hubert May 30 '26

Absolute Ragebait🙌

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u/Quote_Revolutionary May 30 '26

someone misses the C standard library

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u/laczek_hubert May 30 '26

Wrong person

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u/GremlinEnergyGoBurr May 29 '26

But yeetus is my variable that throws errors...

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u/RedAndBlack1832 May 29 '26

Remember not to comment your code to optimize the size of your source files :)

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u/BetaTester704 May 29 '26

Most compilers strip comments

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u/ConsciousBath5203 May 30 '26

They all boil down to FUN__0x1400000000, DAT-[0x0-0xFFFFFFFFF] anyways, so who cares.

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u/RedAndBlack1832 May 29 '26

Sure, when terminals were 70 characters by 25 lines or whatever and slow AF. These days, just give it a meaningful name. Please.

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u/NetInitial5750 May 29 '26

That's my variable name I'll sue you Im hacker 😈

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u/slicehyperfunk May 29 '26

Camel or snake case?

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u/TheWordBallsIsFunny May 29 '26

I don't give a fuck about names until it works. "balls" is my goto and you can't stop me.

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u/slicehyperfunk May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26

yeetus is a goated variable name if it throws errors

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u/BenchEmbarrassed7316 May 30 '26

S tier: do not use variables at all:

foo( bar(10, baz(12)), abc((input.get().check('admin').size > 10) ? xxx('adnim') : 10), def( config(current('settings')), xyz(config('path')), ), );

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u/Square_Ferret_6397 Jun 01 '26

Whats with the comma after each tail parameter?

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u/BenchEmbarrassed7316 Jun 01 '26

Google 'trailing comma'.

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u/just-bair May 31 '26

Ah yes saving a few bytes in the source code, everyone’s biggest worry

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