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minus-squarecopacetic@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·19 days agoCalm down. It’s Rust, not PHP.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-219 days agoPHP has less fewer dependencies.
minus-squareAugust27th@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 days agoHuh. I never realized that fewer was integer typed and less is float* typed until this comment.
minus-squareTheRedSpade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·19 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-squarepet the cat, walk the dog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 days agoCountable nouns vs mass nouns.
Calm down. It’s Rust, not PHP.
PHP has
lessfewer dependencies.*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.