From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: "Mark H. Wood" <mwood@IUPUI.Edu>
Cc: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
Cc: Werner Almesberger <wa@almesberger.net>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Module loader against 2.5.46: 8/9
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 14:21:39 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20021110035807.BE6852C2A1@lists.samba.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 09 Nov 2002 07:24:35 CDT." <Pine.LNX.4.33.0211090711180.3927-100000@mhw.ULib.IUPUI.Edu>
In message <Pine.LNX.4.33.0211090711180.3927-100000@mhw.ULib.IUPUI.Edu> you wri
te:
> On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> > eschew = roughly "avoid" or "stay away from"
> Or "choose not to use". One does not say, "eschew that bear."
> > obfuscation = the process of making something obscure
>
> And the whole thing ("eschew obfuscation") is a stock expression in
> English, meaning "don't use unfamiliar words when familiar words will
> express what you mean."
Thankyou both for your explanations.
Back on topic, I think Bill brought up a good point: someone willing
to criticize nontrivial uses of English in the kernel would fill a
much-needed void in Linux.
Bill, would you be prepared for such a role? I think we'd be lucky to
have either of you contribute patches.
Cheers!
Rusty.
--
Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-11-10 3:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-11-05 0:21 [PATCH] Module loader against 2.5.46: 1/9 Rusty Russell
2002-11-05 0:29 ` [PATCH] Module loader against 2.5.46: 3/9 Rusty Russell
2002-11-05 0:31 ` [PATCH] Module loader against 2.5.46: 4/9 Rusty Russell
2002-11-05 0:35 ` [PATCH] Module loader against 2.5.46: 5/9 Rusty Russell
2002-11-05 0:36 ` [PATCH] Module loader against 2.5.46: 6/9 Rusty Russell
2002-11-05 0:41 ` [PATCH] Module loader against 2.5.46: 7/9 Rusty Russell
2002-11-05 0:43 ` [PATCH] Module loader against 2.5.46: 8/9 Rusty Russell
2002-11-05 3:19 ` Werner Almesberger
2002-11-05 3:51 ` Rusty Russell
2002-11-05 4:08 ` Werner Almesberger
2002-11-05 4:24 ` Rusty Russell
2002-11-06 16:45 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-11-07 11:24 ` Rusty Russell
2002-11-08 3:15 ` Randy.Dunlap
2002-11-08 21:15 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-11-09 12:24 ` Mark H. Wood
2002-11-10 3:21 ` Rusty Russell [this message]
2002-11-11 12:03 ` Horst von Brand
2002-11-11 12:35 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-11-05 0:47 ` [PATCH] Module loader against 2.5.46: 9/9 Rusty Russell
2002-11-06 12:43 ` Keith Owens
2002-11-07 11:08 ` Rusty Russell
2002-11-08 9:35 ` Russell King
2002-11-09 3:01 ` Rusty Russell
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