documentation
The multiple kilograms of macerated, pounded, steamed,
bleached, and pressed trees that accompany most modern
software or hardware products (see also {tree-killer}).
Hackers seldom read paper documentation and (too) often resist
writing it; they prefer theirs to be terse and on-line. A
common comment on this predilection is "You can't {grep} dead
trees". See {drool-proof paper}, {verbiage}, {treeware}.
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