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aleph_minus_one•34 minutes ago
> Dynamically typed languages generally have a lower LLM token cost than traditional statically typed languages because omitting explicit type declarations makes the code more compact.

If this was true, the programming languages that are very much on the left side of

> https://danuker.go.ro/programming-languages.html#non-math-ma...

> https://danuker.go.ro/programming-languages.html#overall-map

should be very ideal for LLMs, in particular if they are dynamically typed.

What I can tell you is: I experimented with AI prompts for generating Wolfram (Mathematica) code using some LLMs, and I can tell you that the results were very disappointing: in my experience LLMs have difficulties with programming languages that are

- very concise, and

- for which there is less code publicly available.

Wolfram (Mathematica) is a good example of such a programming language.

nylonstrung•about 1 hour ago
One thing worth noting is that syntactic density doesn't necessarily mean cheaper because because symbols don't chunk/tokenize as well as plain English

What I see from results like this is that the delta between languages is small enough now that it's hard to justify not not using something like Rust for the performance and correctness benefits if you're using LLMs and it fits the domain

_doctor_love•about 2 hours ago
I love Dan's writing. I really do. But I don't understand why he doesn't have some basic styling on his blog so that it's easier to read.
9rx•about 2 hours ago
Users being able to supply their own stylesheet is a core tenant of CSS. Go nuts and make it look however your heart desires!
_doctor_love•43 minutes ago
Supply my own stylesheet? No thank you, I'm not here to do work for free.
9rx•41 minutes ago
Is doing something for yourself really working for free? That's an interesting take. But I can understand why you don't want this for yourself, so enjoy the page in all its splendour as it is already!