On Wednesday 23 November 2005 22:42, Del wrote:
> Steve Lindsay wrote:
> > Python works for me because:
> >
> > a) i (and others) write less code because the language is very
> > expressive. therefore less bugs
>
> Grarrrr. Grammar fascist attack coming up:
>
> "Less" is a measure of quality not quantity. So by saying there are
> "less bugs" what you are implying is that there are the same number
> of bugs, but the bugs are smaller. What you probably want to say is
> "fewer bugs".
int main(){
if ( bugs.original() > bugs.new() ){
cout << "We don't have as many bugs - yay for us!" << endl;
else
cout << "Either things are worse or no better - woe is us" << endl;
}
return 0;
}
Hmmm, "less bugs" or "fewer bugs" is still shorter. I'm with Palmer, let's go
grow some corn.
James
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