From: Gareth Adams <gareth.adams@...>
Date: 2008-01-16T01:48:27+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] Re: How to generate a serial random number

Phrogz <phrogz <at> mac.com> writes:

> On Jan 15, 7:16 am, Phrogz <phr...@mac.com> wrote:
> > You may end up with less then 2,000 values...
...
> me.last_post.gsub 'less then', 'less than'

If you want to be picky then it should be "fewer" too

You have "fewer" things you can have "a few" of
~~ fewer/a few values NOT fewer/a few time

You have "less" things you can have "a little" of
~~ less/a little time NOT less/a little values

But then you still have a "than" to deal with