> But, in actual practice, most of the time the audience understanding really doesn't matter. I think we're quibbling over what "matter" means. If you look at

> But, in actual practice, most of the time the audience understanding really doesn't matter. I think we're quibbling over what "matter" means. If you look at it from this perspective, I understand where you're coming from. In my opinion it's almost exactly the opposite - once something is written the only thing that matters is the audience.