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
