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Subject:Re: Gore orders "plain language" From:Tracy Boyington <tracy_boyington -at- OKVOTECH -dot- ORG> Date:Fri, 5 Jun 1998 15:42:53 -0500
> I can just picture someone coming in and interpreting the "72 words will
> be reduced to six" as a mandate to cut all documentation by 92%.
This is what I'm worried about. Nobody's against plain language, it's
just the idea that plain language can be quantified as a 92% reduction
in length. The perils of Tina the brittle tech writer come to mind. :-)
