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Phrase "package writer" in R-exts

On 2011-04-01, at 12:17 PM, Ted Byers wrote:

            
Most people don't read reference manuals to engage with the author (writer?) and analyze the subtext, but to find relevant information quickly.

For the programmer I was talking to at least (a native English speaker, BTW), R-exts fell short in that respect. When I first heard about his confusion I also thought "how can you miss that?", but now believe that the manual would be improved by replacing "writer" with "author". It is already dense enough with real information, why make it more obscure ?

Davor