Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 9 Nov 2002 07:24:35 -0500 (EST) | From | "Mark H. Wood" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Module loader against 2.5.46: 8/9 |
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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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