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Re:TurboTLS: TLS connection establishment with 1 less round ... by coreyp_1 on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @04:21PM (#34796181)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/fewer-vs-less

1. See the exceptions section. Less is preferred in this construction.

2. Please do not misconstrue the opinion of one writer that lived 200 years ago into a proper grammar rule (see the history section). Worse, please do not be dogmatic about it when it has nothing to do with the topic. It is, in essence, the equivalence of an ad hominem attack.

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Re:TurboTLS: TLS connection establishment with 1 less round ... by semafour on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @05:35PM (#34797202)
It's also a joke, though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXINZxodu9U
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Re:TurboTLS: TLS connection establishment with 1 less round ... by foo42 on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @02:43AM (#34801135)
Interesting. I wasn't aware of that. I had a colleague who constantly "corrected" us (with some humour) and even long after he left the team we all wince when we see/hear "less" when it should be (or so we believed), "fewer". I preferred it before when I blindly said "less" but didn't always hear a voice in my head commenting on everyone else's use
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