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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] Module loader against 2.5.46: 8/9
    On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Bill Davidsen wrote:
    > On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Rusty Russell wrote:
    > > In message <Pine.LNX.3.96.1021106113408.24531B-100000@gatekeeper.tmr.com> you w
    > > rite:
    [snip]
    > > > Eschew obfuscation.
    > >
    > > Sorry, I don't understand?
    > 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." There's an implied self-reference: "eschew
    obfuscation" is a very obscure way of saying "keep it simple". It's
    mildly funny.

    --
    Mark H. Wood, amateur linguist mwood@IUPUI.Edu
    MS Windows *is* user-friendly, but only for certain values of "user".

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