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by budafish 1930 days ago
I think the word "more" implied it was 100% on top of the existing.
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Yes, that's what we have now though, isn't it?

It went from having 0 pattern matching to having 1 pattern matching -- that seems like '100% more of this thing we are talking about' to me. This of course only makes sense if you see '1 pattern matching' as a precisely defined abstract construct, but I guess the 100%-more joke usually requires that perspective (and is a joke precisely because it's so non-sensical to think this way).