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minus-squaresmeenz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down2·3 days ago*fewer. You can’t have half a dependency
minus-squareAugust27th@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 days agoHuh. I never realized that fewer was integer typed and less is float* typed until this comment.
minus-squareTheRedSpade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoNot exactly. I’ve usually heard it explained as “quantifiable” vs not. If you can attach a number, it’s “fewer”, otherwise it’s “less”. e.g. less money, fewer dollars
minus-squareEknz@lemmy.eknz.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoI think you can in Rust though, e.g. switching individual features from a crate on and off. /s
minus-squareSlurpingPus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoFun fact: you actually can in Pascal, even when building from binary dependencies.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoI don’t like this word because i tend to confuse it with fever.
*fewer. You can’t have half a dependency
Huh. I never realized that fewer was integer typed and less is float* typed until this comment.
Not exactly. I’ve usually heard it explained as “quantifiable” vs not. If you can attach a number, it’s “fewer”, otherwise it’s “less”.
e.g. less money, fewer dollars
Countable nouns vs mass nouns.
Correct !
I think you can in Rust though, e.g. switching individual features from a crate on and off. /s
Fun fact: you actually can in Pascal, even when building from binary dependencies.
I don’t like this word because i tend to confuse it with fever.