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>> Presentation by the Joyent CTO btw, who hired a lot of the old Sun Solaris team. > No, that's an example of someone not knowing the language very well. I d
by eatbitseveryday 8y ago
>> Presentation by the Joyent CTO btw, who hired a lot of the old Sun Solaris team.
> No, that's an example of someone not knowing the language very well.
I disagree. The sentence is clear and unambiguous as written. The subject of the first part of the sentence is the CTO himself. If the continuation of the sentence is intended to switch subjects, then it must be written so. For example, '... by the Joyent CTO, whose company ...', or '... by Joyent, who/which ...' thus 'who' refers to 'CTO'.
- magduf 8y agoYou don't understand. The writer of that responded in another post, saying explicitly that he did intend to switch subjects, and then complained about the English language. You're absolutely right: the sentence is clear and unambiguous as written, but it is not what the writer intended. And you're absolutely right later about how it would be changed to switch subjects.