griD@feddit.de to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoWe've come a long way babyi.imgur.comimagemessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1379arrow-down19 cross-posted to: programmer_humor@programming.dev
arrow-up1370arrow-down1imageWe've come a long way babyi.imgur.comgriD@feddit.de to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square52fedilink cross-posted to: programmer_humor@programming.dev
minus-squareSorryQuick@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoI assume they wrote it as 5000 and it got changed to 5E3 by the minifier as it saves a byte?
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoYeah that’d be my guess. Minifiers squeeze every byte. true and false get minified to !0 and !1 respectively.
minus-squareWes_Dev@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoNever heard of a minifier. It’s a brilliant idea though.
minus-squareSorryQuick@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoMost websites use them. Smaller file -> less bandwidth -> lower costs.
“5E3”
I assume they wrote it as 5000 and it got changed to 5E3 by the minifier as it saves a byte?
Yeah that’d be my guess. Minifiers squeeze every byte.
trueandfalseget minified to!0and!1respectively.Never heard of a minifier. It’s a brilliant idea though.
Most websites use them. Smaller file -> less bandwidth -> lower costs.