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On Thursday, November 30, 2017 at 10:23:02 PM UTC-8, Nate Sullivan wrote:
> I think the most natural way read the code created_at < 10.minutes.ago is "created_at is less than ten minutes ago," but that reading suggests the mistaken interpretation that created_at is fewer than ten minutes ago. The correct interpretation is that created_at is earlier than ten minutes ago. Is there a better way to write the same comparison?
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I think the real issue is that English lacks strong typing and so the comparison operater is imprecise.
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On 1 December 2017 at 05:49, Nate Sullivan
<nathanielsullivan00@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think the most natural way read the code created_at < 10.minutes.ago is
> "created_at is less than ten minutes ago," but that reading suggests the
> mistaken interpretation that created_at is fewer than ten minutes ago. The
> correct interpretation is that created_at is earlier than ten minutes ago.
It never occurred to me that there is any confusion over this syntax.
created_at is a time, 10 minutes ago is a time, time a < time b is
unambiguous.
Colin
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