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Agreed. It really worries me that even this crowd by-and-large doesn't have enough of an attention span to cope with Yegge. Does anyone read books any more?
by dfranke 18y ago
Agreed. It really worries me that even this crowd by-and-large doesn't have enough of an attention span to cope with Yegge. Does anyone read books any more?
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- d0mine 18y ago1. "Steve's stuff strikes me as a stream-of-consciousness, spellcheck and then post, type of style." http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=219653 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=219653 2. "Mes Révérends Pères, mes lettres n'avaient pas accoutumé de se suivre de si près, ni d'être si étendues. Le peu de temps que j'ai eu a été cause de l'un et de l'autre. Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte." Bribes: Petit Dictionnaire des Citations http://www.bribes.org/temps.htm http://www.bribes.org/temps.htm A loose translation of the above quote: "If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter." From 1. and 2. it follows: Succinctness takes more effort. Yegge took no effort. All other being equal a succinct text is preferable.
- LogicHoleFlaw 18y agoI don't think it follows that Yegge took no effort. In fact, I suspect that the rough draft of his post was quite a bit longer. Imagine the reader shock to read that one!