Re: We Want Quality

On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Zeev Suraski wrote: > On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, R. P. Channing Rodgers, M.D. wrote: > > > > > > From php-dev-return-22846-rodgers=nlm.nih.gov@lists.php.net Thu Jun 29> Subject: > > > Re: [PHP-DEV] We Want Quality > > > > > > > > Please keep an open mind. These are general guidelines. > > > > > > > > I am; Your strict instructions were the ones who seemed not to leave any > > > > room for an open mind (they pretty sound like army-style orders, to be > > > > honest :). > > > > > > "Omit needless word!" cried Professor Will Strunk. The > > > so-called Little Book (The Elements of Style) gives useful > > > guidelines for writing. > > > > I'm impressed that Strunk & White has made an impact in Germany 8^) > > Indeed, I have to back up Sasha on this point -- his English is > > exceptionally consise and clear, especially for someone for whom it > > is probably a second (if not n-th) language! Simple declarative > > language should not be mistaken for orders... > > > Sascha would have no problem expressing himself in a richer, non > declarative English. English isn't my native either, and I don't use a > command.com approach towards it :) Well, I don't see why a proposal of rules should be worded in any other way than a final set of rules. And it is not like I use imperatives all the time. :) - Sascha