“Still better than” informal translation — X 还是比 Y 好 abbreviation

Question

I want to say "X is still better than Y :)" in a kind of joking/offhand manner. This is just a simple text message, so I would further like to abbreviate it like: "still better than Y :)"

My understanding is I can express the original like:

AllenNlp 还是比 FairSeq 好 :）

Is the abbreviated version 还是比 FairSeq 好 :）?

Are there any general rules for "texting" chinese?

Answer 1

AllenNlp 还是比 FairSeq 好 :）

It is more natural for me to keep the first half. It can be shortened to:

还是 AllenNlp 好 or 还是 AllenNlp 更好

As another object does not exist, '比' is not necessary.

Answer 2

还是比 FairSeq 好 It's a correct using.

And it can also using like:

AllenNlp 比較好 (AllenNlp is better)

Answer 3

still better than Y

Use 還是比Y好 is sufficiently to express what you want in the context. It suits your need. Still(還是) better(好) than(比) Y. 還是比Y好 is acceptable to use if the people know what thing that you mean is still better than Y.