Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 00:13:58 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Vanderhoek <ac199@hwcn.org> To: Gerald Heinig <heinig@hdz-ima.rwth-aachen.de> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Spelling etc. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980414000525.227A-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <35329CF4.65DE8E18@hdz-ima.rwth-aachen.de>
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On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, Gerald Heinig wrote:
> Apart from numerous occasions where misleading documentation has caused
> hours of pointless experimentation, making really *basic* spelling
> mistakes gives a product a very tacky feel. The idea is: if they canīt
> even get simple spelling right, whatīs their code going to look like?
Submit PRs where we have it wrong in our documentation, please.
No one save no one is arguing about using "whose" and "who's" in
the proper places because we all agree that they should be used
in the proper places! :)
Mistakes happen. Sometimes (often?) hands type what they hear,
not what they think. This isn't about not getting simple
spelling right; it's about not having enough time/volunteers to
proofread.
Somewhere in here there is probably an interesting insight into
how the brain works.
--
tIM...HOEk
OPTIMIZATION: the process of using many one-letter variables names
hoping that the resultant code will run faster.
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