Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon.

  • -- Edsger Wybe Dijkstra 艾兹格·迪科斯彻

力求简洁,避免术语。

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It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.

当像塔西佗一样,一个人有话要说时,简短地说几句话并不是什么伟大的艺术;然而,当一个人无话可说,却照样写了一整本书,把真相变成了一个说谎者——我称之为一种成就。

Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.

简洁是改正之母。

Aim high, and you won't shoot your foot off.

瞄准高些,你的脚就不会掉下来。

Aim higher in case you fall short.

瞄准更高的目标,以防你达不到目标。