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@brettsmth via Twitter on Sep 14, 2023

Interesting that \@replit Ghostwriter gave a better response than GPT-4 for a coding question. Ghostwriter has gotten noticeably better for me and I find myself using it more than GPT-4 for development

Images omitted of searches (worded slightly differently) on ChatGPT, Replit's Ghostwriter, and of a Stack Overflow answer.

@danielsgriffin via Twitter on Sep 14, 2023

Oooh. This is a slippery one! Because both are right? They must assume/interpolate:
What does the f [format specifier] [mean/stand for] in printf?
What does the [letter] f [mean/stand for] in [the string] printf?

See also: [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printf](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printf): 'print formatted'