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minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·edit-24 hours agoPHP has less fewer dependencies.
minus-squaresmeenz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·15 hours ago*fewer. You can’t have half a dependency
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoI don’t like this word because i tend to confuse it with fever.
minus-squareAugust27th@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·13 hours agoHuh. I never realized that fewer was integer typed and less is float* typed until this comment.
minus-squareTheRedSpade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 hours 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-up5·14 hours agoI think you can in Rust though, e.g. switching individual features from a crate on and off. /s
PHP has
lessfewer dependencies.*fewer. You can’t have half a dependency
I don’t like this word because i tend to confuse it with fever.
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
Correct !
I think you can in Rust though, e.g. switching individual features from a crate on and off. /s