The original author would do well to read Strunk & White's _The_Elements_of_Style_. Using many words does improve communication. Edit: Sorry, I meant, "using

The original author would do well to read Strunk & White's _The_Elements_of_Style_. Using many words does improve communication. Edit: Sorry, I meant, "using many words does NOT improve communication." (I guess using few words does not improve communication either if you mistype them.) Organizational issues aside, I am moved by the sentiment behind the original author's words. Fred Brooks compared large programming projects to tar pits, wherein the thrashing of the largest beast only serves to sink it farther. It must be terrible to be constantly commanded "thrash harder!"