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Parallels Strunk & White's Elements of Style. Who knew there was so much similarity between writing code and writing prose? Omit needless words. Write in a wa
by ams6110 9y ago
Parallels Strunk & White's Elements of Style. Who knew there was so much similarity between writing code and writing prose?
Omit needless words.
Write in a way that comes easily and naturally to you, using words and phrases that come readily to hand.
It is always a good idea to reread your writing later and ruthlessly delete the excess.
Avoid the elaborate, the pretentious, the coy, and the cute. Do not be tempted by a twenty-dollar word when there is a ten-center handy, ready and able.
- Royalaid 9y agoWhich has inspired https://leanpub.com/elementsofclojure https://leanpub.com/elementsofclojure
- perl4ever 9y ago"Je n’ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n’ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte." -Blaise Pascal
- zimpenfish 9y ago> Parallels Strunk & White's Elements of Style. Although do bear in mind that some professional linguists (Geoff Pullum being the ur-example) consider EoS to be an abomination of ignorant claptrap.
- collyw 9y ago"Write in a way that comes easily and naturally to you" That's pretty much what I did at the start of my career. Nowadays I think things through a lot more (and generally come up with a lot more robust solutions).