Dave Crocker wrote: ... > And that leads to the basic question of professional editing. As I've noted > before, my recent experience with the RFC Editor's editors was quite good. > They > definitely improved the writing in the document. > > However, such an editorial effort it expensive and I do not understand why > this > additional expense is needed. It was not needed for 25 or so years. And now > we > are more sensitive to expenses.
The set of people writing docs has increased substantially. The writing skills of that set have diversified, and the pool of potential support has increased. It seems like the two mutually support the use of professional editing. Joe
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