seeking deeper (language theory) reason behind Python design choice
Grant Edwards
grant.b.edwards at gmail.com
Wed May 16 10:25:43 EDT 2018
On 2018-05-16, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Tue, 15 May 2018 22:21:15 +0200, Peter J. Holzer wrote:
>
>> On 2018-05-15 00:52:42 +0000, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> [...]
>>> By 1991 there had already been *decades* of experience with C
>>
>> About one and a half decades.
>
> That would still be plural decades.
So would zero. ;)
The only plural in English implies is that the quantity is not 1. It
does _not_ imply the quantity is greater than 1.
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