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Re: Improved writing -- who's going to pay for it?

  • From: Ronald Bourret <rpbourret@r...>
  • To: Linda van den Brink <lvdbrink@b...>
  • Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 12:27:32 -0700

Re: Improved writing -- who's going to pay for it?
Linda van den Brink wrote:
> 
> It's good to know that one can send suggestions to the editor of a spec and
> help create a better text that way. However, if w3c standards are in danger
> of not being widely accepted/adopted because the specifications are not
> readable, our suggestions may not be enough.

This is my point exactly. I sometimes feel that there is an attitude
that if a spec is needed badly enough, people will put up with any
writing, no matter how difficult it is to read. While programmers are
about the most forgiving audience you can write for, I personally
believe that they have a limit and that, once that limit is reached,
difficulty of writing will severely effect adoption of the spec.

-- 
Ronald Bourret
Programming, Writing, and Training
XML, Databases, and Schemas
http://www.rpbourret.com

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