On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 12:41:30PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 12:13 PM, Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 01, 2016 at 03:31:45PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > > > I think in my head I rewrite any multiplication like "N of M" as having > > "N" as the smaller number. I.e., it is conceptually simpler to me to > > count five 30's, then 30 five's (even though I do not implement it in my > > head as a sequence of additions, of course; I'd probably do that > > particular case as "half of ten 30's"). > > > > I have no idea if that's cultural or not, though. > > Now, when you say "count five 30's", which one do you have > in mind? 5x30, or 30x5? > > If you meant the former, I think that _is_ cultural. I am pretty > sure that I was taught in school(s) to read 5x30 as adding 5 > thirty times. I think I would say "30x5" in that case. But I'm not sure where that comes from, and I'm not even 100% sure that I would say that (after thinking about it, it's hard for me to figure out what I would have done if I _hadn't_ just thought about it). -Peff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html