Comment by lucideer
5 months ago
<off-topic> Took me far too long to understand your opening sentence; eventually realised the Oxford comma would've helped me out. Rare to see a clear example in the wild.
5 months ago
<off-topic> Took me far too long to understand your opening sentence; eventually realised the Oxford comma would've helped me out. Rare to see a clear example in the wild.
The potential for misinterpretation didn't escape me, but I was also confident that there was sufficient context to understand it. An Oxford comma there would have suggested a more careful cadence if it were spoken, which is not what I wanted.
As you said, it can be rare to see a case where it truly is ambiguous, but the context here negates that well enough.
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" a malware backdoor and a lot of worthless eye candy."
best description ever
I would have also accepted a colon.
That would change the meaning.
Why, what do you mean? My understanding was that it's a list of subjects of affection, so for clarity, I would rewrite
> I love C, performance and security.
as
> I love: C, performance and security.
How would it change the meaning? What am I missing?
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