Technical adj. stack question

[Sella Rush <SellaR -at- APPTECHSYS -dot- COM>]

I'm trying to get a better understanding of language for technical
audiences (computer stuff).

Sometimes I get a phrase like the following:

Objects are stored in a multi-tiered, dynamically hashed, persistent
storage susbsystem.

Now this phrase conveys some specific and important information about
our product to a technical audience.  However, it breaks all the rules
about clear, accessible writing.  If this were an exercise in a tech
writing class, I'd probably be instructed to rewrite it as such:

Objects are stored in a persistent subsystem that is structured in
multiple tiers and uses dynamic hashing to provide fast scalable access
to data.

According to the programmer, and I see his point, the first sentence is
perfectly clear to a technical person, and there is no need to break it
down.  The second takes longer to read and provides explicit information
that is implied in the first--and any techie worth their metal would
understand the implied info.

My question is:  are these adjective stacks acceptable in technical
descriptions and are simplified equivalients disdained by technical
audiences?

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Sella Rush
Applied Technical Systems, Inc. (ATS)
Bremerton, Washington USA
Developers of the CCM Database

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