[akgoel]

I've come to realize that asking an LLM to do something that a purpose-built software program can already do is a mistake. Instead, the LLM must be an agent for that computer program.

Therefore, the correct prompt is "write a python program to count the number of letters in a word, and then use it to count the number of Rs in strawberry".

[akomtu]

Remember those interview questions: "how many golf balls fit in a 747?" Turns out they are actually a good way to see if the candidate is a LLM-style imitator or is a someone who knows how to switch to a formal constraints-based thinking, come up with that "python program" to count golf balls and execute it step-by-step.