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Subject:Re: Nightmare Library From:Aleg Kavalenka <aleg -dot- kavalenka -at- gmail -dot- com> To:Zev Levi <j -dot- zev -dot- levi -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Tue, 21 Feb 2017 20:19:16 +0300
You can use the Flesch-Kincaid readability test built-in in MS Word to show how awful their text is.
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> On Feb 21, 2017, at 09:57, Zev Levi <j -dot- zev -dot- levi -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
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> Thanks for your answers everyone :)
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> It seems a virtual library that intentionally highlights documentation
> mistakes does not yet exist (despite the burns posted). I'll try find
> examples of the specific cases I encounter. (Great idea - thanks Lynne!)
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> Cheers
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> Zev
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> On Mon, 20 Feb 2017 at 21:05 Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> wrote:
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>>> Is anyone aware of a virtual library of bad-documentation examples
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>> https://docs.oracle.com/en/
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