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Daniel_Burfoot comments on Does Checkers have simpler rules than Go? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Daniel_Burfoot 16 August 2013 10:34:04PM *  2 points [-]

If the source code compressor is well-written (and specialized to the language in question), then the programmer can achieve compression by using the practices mentioned above. itaibn0 has the right idea.