Thank you Paul and thank you Akira On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 1:29 AM Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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. The modified version reads very smoothly for me ;-) > > I do not believe that the "more than"s are really adding much here. I also think so, because when I read "28-CPU system", I immediately imagine a bundle of systems that have some CPUs around 28, for example 24-CPU systems, 32-CPU systems ;-) > > 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 > > > Cheers Zhouyi
