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I thought it was cool that the author mentioned Hemingway. He linked through to an article, "Ernest Hemingway’s Top 5 Tips for Writing Well" (http://www.copyblo
by jsdalton 18y ago
I thought it was cool that the author mentioned Hemingway. He linked through to an article, "Ernest Hemingway’s Top 5 Tips for Writing Well" (http://www.copyblogger.com/ernest-hemingway-top-5-tips-for-writing-well/ http://www.copyblogger.com/ernest-hemingway-top-5-tips-for-w...), which contained this little gem:
"Hemingway was famous for a terse minimalist style of writing that dispensed with flowery adjectives and got straight to the point. In short, Hemingway wrote with simple genius.
"Perhaps his finest demonstration of short sentence prowess was when he was challenged to tell an entire story in only 6 words:
"For sale: baby shoes, never used."
Every now and then you come across code that's as good as that, and when you do it's a wonder to behold.
- listic 18y agoI think it was "For sale: baby shoes, never worn."
- pchristensen 18y agoStill heartbreaking every time I hear it.
- sgk284 18y agoShamelessly plugging a little site I put together a couple months ago in hopes of inspiring more stories of this form (inspired by a Wired article): http://sixisenough.com http://sixisenough.com
- hs 18y agolanguage style matters too from my experiences, code-length continuum is between FP and OOP (imagine haiku vs bible)