On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 07:54:30PM +0900, Akira Yokosawa 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@xxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > 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 > > 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. Three "than"s in one sentence is a bit excessive, now that you guys mention it. How about this? In practice, there are a lot more 28-CPU systems than there are 448-CPU systems. I do not believe that the "more than"s are really adding much here. Thoughts? Thanx, Paul > 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 > >
