Bitching about the documentation...

[Alex Martelli]

Steven D'Aprano <steve at REMOVETHIScyber.com.au> wrote:

> On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 19:36:58 -0800, BartlebyScrivener wrote:
> 
> > Well, that might be asking a bit too much of the programmers, who
> > perhaps don't exactly enjoy mucking about in the lowlands of English
> > grammar and syntax.
> 
> Oh come on now! For the kinds of minds who enjoy obfuscated C or Perl,
> English is just par for the course.

As it happens, there appears to be pretty weak correlation between
proficiency in programming and proficiency in writing -- SOME excellent
programmers are great writers too, but, I would guess, just roughly the
same percentage as in the general popularion (i.e., deucedly few).


Alex