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Why LSP, Why the LSP Plugin, and Why Claude Code Doesn't Save Tokens

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ByteAsk Research (Pratyush Saini and Anirudha Kulkarni) tested whether language-server plugins help Claude Code with C and C++ work. Across 255 issues from 40 repositories, a configured clangd workflow resolved 270 of 359 repair attempts against 275 without it, while costing 11% more in API spend (95% CI 8% to…

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