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Re:E.W. Dijkstra Archive: The Humble Programmer by jonahx on Sunday June 19, 2016 @10:16AM (#11933026)
If you want to write specifically like that, read Bronte, Austen, and other 19th century authors. It's a more verbose, grammatically complex style of prose that's not in vogue anymore. When it's done well, I personally enjoy it, but if your aspiration is to emulate that style you should be warned that to the ear of most modern English speakers it rings overly formal, if not pompous.
Re:E.W. Dijkstra Archive: The Humble Programmer by kevindeasis on Sunday June 19, 2016 @10:57AM (#11933176)
Thanks, what you've said resonates well after @gizmo's second paragraph.