On Dec 5, 2005, at 11:01 PM, Rob Pike wrote:

To avoid the confusion that can be introduced
by capitalizing a magic word, where possible I rewrote the
sentence to avoid the problem.

With the nice side effect of making the pages more readable in general. Maintaining a balance between tech-geek and understandable descriptions of functionality in man pages is an art. There aren't many people who can do it, let alone do it well. It's a dilemma Shakespeare would have appreciated, I think. (Oh lord, do I see a Monty Python skit looming?)

--lyndon

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