Re: [PATCH-perfbook] Fix a little grammar mistake

[Zhouyi Zhou <zhouzhouyi@gmail.com>]

Thanks Akira for reviewing the patch for me ;-)

On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 6:54 PM Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello Zhouyi,
>
> On Thu, 19 Aug 2021 15:51:58 +0800, Zhouyi Zhou wrote:
> > Hi Paul,
> >
> > I think there is a little grammer mistake in answer to quick quiz 10.8,
> > I am not so sure because my English is not so well ;-)
> >
> > Thanks
> > Zhouyi
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Zhouyi Zhou <zhouzhouyi@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  datastruct/datastruct.tex | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/datastruct/datastruct.tex b/datastruct/datastruct.tex
> > index adb102d..68341f2 100644
> > --- a/datastruct/datastruct.tex
> > +++ b/datastruct/datastruct.tex
> > @@ -963,1 +963,1 @@ not recommended for production use.
> >       In theory, it isn't any safer, and a useful exercise would be
> >       to run these programs on larger systems.
> >       In practice, there are a lot more systems with more than 28~CPUs
> > -     than there are systems with more than 448 CPUs.
>
> This can be parsed as follows:
>
>     In practice, there are a lot more X than there are Y.
>
> , where
>
>     X: systems with more than 28~CPUs
>     Y: systems with more than 448 CPUs
>
I learned a lot from your analysis, thanks again.

> So there is no grammatical error here.
> Three uses of "than" in a sentence might be confusing, though.
>
> Paul might have an idea of a less-confusing sentence.
>
>         Thanks, Akira
>
> > +     are systems with more than 448 CPUs.
> >       In addition, other testing has shown that RCU read-side primitives
> >       offer consistent performance and scalability up to at least 1024 CPUs.
> >  }\QuickQuizEnd
> >
Thanks
Zhouyi