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		Ididntdothis on March 22, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Professor Frisby's mostly adequate guide to functi... Personally I found that style funny for a while but now I feel it's becoming tedious and won't age well. In the long run I prefer a style like Kernighan & Ritchie which is concise, easy to read and timeless.

a3n on March 23, 2020 [–]

Yeah, it's like hearing a ukulele and a folksy male voice in a TV commercial. It's been done, move along.

I too prefer barely more than "just the facts" that are relevant to the document's audience and purpose.

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