Re: [pypy-dev] Change to the frontpage of speed.pypy.org
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Also, can you change every usage of the word 'less' on the axis of the graphs to 'smaller'. As far as I can tell, every time it is an incorrect and ungramatically usage of English. Sometimes the legend is 'seconds - less is better'. But seconds are inherantly countable, so it is incorrect English to say 'there are less seconds' -- rather that there are *fewer* seconds. Or you could change that legend to read 'time in seconds' -- because time is considered uncountable, so you have more or less time, not more or fewer time. Smaller would also work here. Ratios, however, such as on http://speed.pypy.org/comparison/ cannot be 'more or less' or 'more or fewer'. They have to be greater (or larger) or smaller. Thus we need 'smaller' here. Laura
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Hi, just a quick note to Laura and the rest to let you know that I am working on the issues you raised, and expect to have everything nailed down this weekend, just in time for PyCon. Miquel 2011/2/28 Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se>:
Also, can you change every usage of the word 'less' on the axis of the graphs to 'smaller'. As far as I can tell, every time it is an incorrect and ungramatically usage of English. Sometimes the legend is 'seconds - less is better'. But seconds are inherantly countable, so it is incorrect English to say 'there are less seconds' -- rather that there are *fewer* seconds. Or you could change that legend to read 'time in seconds' -- because time is considered uncountable, so you have more or less time, not more or fewer time. Smaller would also work here.
Ratios, however, such as on http://speed.pypy.org/comparison/ cannot be 'more or less' or 'more or fewer'. They have to be greater (or larger) or smaller. Thus we need 'smaller' here.
Laura
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Laura Creighton
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Miquel Torres