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1. NooneAtAll3 ◴[] No.45114145[source]
fascinating topic, but does anyone else feel like the text is hard to read?

something about choice of words and sentence structure feels... un-prose-like

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2. shmel ◴[] No.45114198[source]
English isn't his native language? Perhaps that's why
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3. kace91 ◴[] No.45114246[source]
I’m a not a native speaker so take it with a grain of salt, but I think it’s the cadence of phrases.

Writers can use it as a tool by playing with the length and complexity of phrases - to create speed or calm, for example.

When the rythm doesn’t change, and there’s a succession of similar-length simple statements for a long time, it sounds robotic after a while:

“I run this command. Then that problem happened. This caused something else . I addressed the issue. Something else happened. Now I adress it.”

This is not a criticism toward the author to be clear, I was just curious about what caused your feeling and checked.

4. bluetomcat ◴[] No.45114673[source]
Their English is sufficiently good. It's a cultural aspect regarding writing style. When Russians and most Eastern Europeans write about technical subjects, they tend to be concise, dense and straightforward. Americans, on the other hand, are over-expressive and tend to saturate their writing with pointless metaphors and rhetorical devices.
5. elric ◴[] No.45114705[source]
I thought it made for a clear and pleasant read. Not sure what your hangup is, but to each their own. "Un-prose-like" sounds like a compliment.