My first language was BASIC. I don't know what you mean by Skraeling counting; I said "more than two" (but not "many") because I'm counting fluencies, not short-lived exposures that didn't stick (hello APL :-) ). I was at one time quite fluent in LISP, and later acquired adequate knowledge of C, C++, and Java. (These have not all remained current.) I'm not a full-time programmer any more.
Skraeling counting started out as barbarian schtick and morphed into in-group jargon-ish usage; in practice, "more than two" translates to anywhere from "a few" to "a handful" ("I'm pretendingI can't count past two"), and "many" translates roughly to, "A bunch, too many to bother tallying up right this moment". "Run away!" can mean literally "too many", or "a lot; enough that if we were to give a number it'd be a round number and not an exact count".
So basically both you and ckd came up with interpretations of the counting consistent with my expectations.
I welcome corrections to this explanation from actual (or former) Skraelings who happen to read this.
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So basically both you and
I welcome corrections to this explanation from actual (or former) Skraelings who happen to read this.