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Lowering Bandwidth Costs for Slash-based Sites

posted by janrinok on Wednesday March 12 2014, @07:33PM   Printer-friendly
from the I-was-doing-OK-until-it-mentioned-perl dept.

xyzzyyzzyx writes:

"Avantslash is touting a user hosted perl script that, if paired with any web browser with JavaScript, promises to shave crucial bytes off of the standard Slash-based experience, one of which is our very own SoylentNews. Audiences include those with very limited bandwidth, such as those in developing countries with only 2G mobile access or dialup."

 
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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday March 12 2014, @11:08PM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@soylentnews.org> on Wednesday March 12 2014, @11:08PM (#15664) Journal
    Just a bit of good-natured ribbing, I expect. This kind of quickly developed, useful mangling of text is exactly where perl truly outshines all other languages.
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