Re: Style isn't always religious

Tim Rentsch <txr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The important thing is that he explained his metric. This
> particular metric may be somewhat person-dependent, and you
> might think it's not an especially good metric for measuring
> readability, but at least we know what it is.
>
> The problem with the response is it doesn't counter-propose
> a different metric. If all you say is "I don't find it
> readable", that moves the discussion in the direction of
> being more "religious".

It does? May I remark that I find your usage of the word "religious"
less than optimally readable?

Richard
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