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Post by MrMustard on Nov 27, 2003 22:23:50 GMT
Now I'm sorry if this has already been discussed (I haven't been posting for a while so I have no idea), but I was reading a few posts this morning and I came across one of the "clues" that Apollo C. Vermouth left, he said it twice infact. "Eschew obsfucation" What does this mean?  |
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Post by Perplexed on Nov 27, 2003 22:43:14 GMT
I think eschew is a $1,000 word meaning "avoid."
Obfuscation is either deliberate deception by word trickery, or using high falutin' language that obscuresd the point.
In other words, keep it true, clean and simple. Keep the language easy to grasp, the arguments direct and true. Don't make it harder than it ought to be.
But I'm a little confused as to whether he meant: stay away from overly complex grammar; or stay away from overly complicated interpretations of your data?
One is advcice against wordy semantics; the other is advise against overwrought interpretations.
I think he may have meant both. I been guilty on both counts, judge.
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Post by MrMustard on Nov 28, 2003 7:16:00 GMT
Thanks Perplexed!
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