>> 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".

Just to prove I can be as anal as others, Less is an indicator of quantity
as defined by the Oxford Dictionary:
http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/less?view=uk as in "I have less
apples than you".

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