Here's a Yegge blog post from 2008 where he defends his verbosity (in general): http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/01/blogging-theory-201-size-does-matter.ht

Here's a Yegge blog post from 2008 where he defends his verbosity (in general): http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/01/blogging-theory-201-size-does-matter.html http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/01/blogging-theory-201-... Summary: If your writing is too short, then it doesn't spill over into people's long-term memory and they will forget it all too soon. Having said that, you should go read the blog post so you can remember it.