16 Nov
2018
16 Nov
'18
4:38 a.m.
and it takes a lot less typing.
On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 7:18 PM, Rob Pike <robpike(a)gmail.com> wrote:
As someone whose résumé, the one that got me in the
door at Bell Labs, was
formatted with nroff -man, I of course support the clarity and precision
Doug celebrates. I wish the rest of the world agreed, but it doesn't.
Although I hold the editor line for much of the documentation for Go, for
instance, I fend off frequent requests to rewrite and expand. Flab is felt
to be friendlier, much as I (and Doug, who taught me more about writing than
anyone else) would prefer the leaner cuts.
-rob