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*local maximum. Maxima is plural, maximum is singular. /pedantic Now I'll read the actual article

• azangru 2y ago
  > Maxima is plural In Latin. I am surprised this word hasn't been internalised enough to just use the regular English plural marker. Maximum / maximums.
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• AndrewDucker 2y ago
  It's because they've used the plural of "Trait" in an ungrammatical way, and so used the plural of "maxima". Traits aren't a local maxima - the trait design is a local maximum. Or traits are at a local maximum. The traits themselves aren't a maximum (or maxima (or maximae)).
  • em-bee 2y ago
    (the concept of) traits is a local maximum
    • em-bee 2y ago
      based on the downvote this received i guess something is wrong with that sentence. but i am not an english native, and i can't tell what would be wrong with it. i am not bothered by the downvotes, if it is wrong then so be it, but i would like to know why it's wrong.
• smitty1e 2y ago
  If one squints, this is the heart of the article: scope. The lust to get to a final, complete set of types across all projects for the system for all time will never be satisfied. The question moves to who has the preferred shims.