seeking deeper (language theory) reason behind Python design choice

[Chris Angelico]

On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 12:25 AM, Grant Edwards
<grant.b.edwards at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2018-05-16, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
>> On Tue, 15 May 2018 22:21:15 +0200, Peter J. Holzer wrote:
>>
>>> On 2018-05-15 00:52:42 +0000, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> [...]
>>>> By 1991 there had already been *decades* of experience with C
>>>
>>> About one and a half decades.
>>
>> That would still be plural decades.
>
> So would zero. ;)
>
> The only plural in English implies is that the quantity is not 1.  It
> does _not_ imply the quantity is greater than 1.

By 1991 there had already been AT LEAST negative seven decades of
experience with C. It's mathematically provable! And completely
useless.

ChrisA