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I'm curious as to how you define "worst." As someone who once upon a time studied English, I love this paragraph: It's hard, though. It's a big jump. It's not
by ojbyrne 18y ago
I'm curious as to how you define "worst." As someone who once upon a time studied English, I love this paragraph:
It's hard, though. It's a big jump. It's not sufficient to learn how to write C-like programs in Lisp. That's pointless. C and Lisp stand at opposite ends of the spectrum; they're each great at what the other one sucks at.
That's good writing. Summarizes the writer's opinion in an active voice without latinate verbs or excessively long sentences.
- asdflkj 18y agoThere are two entire sentences there that could be thrown out without any change in meaning.
- ojbyrne 18y agoShort sentences and they're there for emphasis. I think it's in Strunk & White that they say "what do you do when you've shrunk your language so small that there's nothing left" - repetition! Say everything 3 times!