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Subject: Re: Datasheet-flation?
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 16:53:48 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sat, 23 Nov 2024 07:38:16 -0800, john larkin wrote:

> On Sat, 23 Nov 2024 03:50:54 -0700, Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid>
> wrote:
> 
>>The data "sheet" for the new processor I'm using is ~16,000 pages.
>>(note carefully the position of the comma separator)
>>
>>This is getting ridiculous.  I thought 2,000 page datasheets were over
>>the top, but this one is a personal record!  <frown>
> 
> On the other hand, data sheet quality is generally going down.

Not just datasheets, but app notes and textbooks as well. They were all 
far, far clearer and better-written decades ago compared with today. I 
suspect it's perhaps due to the schools not teaching formal English 
grammar any more.