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Memory management for virtualization

Posted Apr 8, 2010 8:07 UTC (Thu) by liljencrantz (guest, #28458)
Parent article: Memory management for virtualization

> That said, making virtualized systems perform well is not a small or nontrivial problem.
«is not a ... nontrivial problem» is a double negation and is unlikely to be what was intended. This is, of course, nit picking, bit I enjoy the editors writing style and feel that it deserves correct editing.

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Posted Apr 8, 2010 13:32 UTC (Thu) by clugstj (subscriber, #4020) [Link]

Since we are picking nits, it is a bit confusingly worded. I would suggest that "not a small nor trivial problem". To me, at least, the "nor" assures that the "not" applies to both "small" and "trivial".

The author could say, however, that the use of "or" implies that the "not" does not apply to "nontrivial" and that the original is correct.

But, IANAET (I am not an English teacher), so what do I know.

Memory management for virtualization

Posted Apr 8, 2010 16:46 UTC (Thu) by mebrown (subscriber, #7960) [Link]

"neither a small nor trivial problem" would be the correct construction.