>The gist is that English single-digit numbers take longer to say/think than mandarin
That has nothing to say, compare it to programming languages, is the language with the least LOC's the best language? No, often its a mix.
That has nothing to say, compare it to programming languages, is the language with the least LOC's the best language? No, often its a mix.
Suddenly, bandwidth decreases by 20%, downloads are 20% faster, server costs decrease 20%, data centre energy usage decreases by 20%, greenhouse gases from data centres decrease by 20%, and so global warming slows down by _% and on and on. Sure it won't be 20%, it might not be nearly that in many cases, but think about the magnitude of the rube goldberg of unknown efficiency increases you'll set off.
>Suddenly, bandwidth decreases by 20%, downloads are 20% faster
Who is thinking from a programmer perspective now? Compression is not always a good thing, and for sure not in natural language.