Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz wrote:
> Clarified quote to the computer-literate yet programming-illiterate
> audience of the book.
>
> Index: doc/book/book/ch00.xml
> ===================================================================
> --- doc/book/book/ch00.xml (revision 11055)
> +++ doc/book/book/ch00.xml (working copy)
> @@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
> <simplesect>
>
> <blockquote>
> - <para><quote>If C gives you enough rope to hang yourself, think
> - of Subversion as a sort of rope storage facility.</quote>
> + <para><quote>If [the] C [programming language] gives you
> + enough rope to hang yourself, think of Subversion as a sort
> + of rope storage facility.</quote>
> —Brian W. Fitzpatrick</para>
> </blockquote>
It's a humourous quote. If you don't know what C is, then you won't get the
joke anyway. And the added formality detracts from the humour for those who
do know what C is.
Max.
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Received on Tue Sep 21 00:28:05 2004