Keith Hudson wrote:
>
> > Why do you write so much?
>
> 'Cos it's too easy to write short messages.
Is it? As in programming, it is *more* difficult to express the same thing
with less words. Brevity is an art and an expensive asset, especially in
technical writing. Brief writing takes more time for the writer, but less
time for the (sophisticated) readers, so the overall time consumption is
reduced by it. (In other words: too long writing is a sign of contempt
for one's readers.) It's too easy to "talk much but say little", to babble
for pages without concise content and structure (as lawyers are famous
for doing). I'm not saying that Keith does this -- of course, complex
issues (especially if illustrated with examples) require some length
to be not oversimplified --, I just wanted to point out that the above
statement is generally not true. The key is to avoid redundancies. ;-)
Chris
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