Re: Literals and strings - make it stop!!

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On Apr 2, 2:41 pm, Jon Skeet [C# MVP] <s...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
When a post is snipped appropriately, there should very, very rarely be
a whole pageful of quoted text before the first piece of unquoted (new)
text anyway. Did you have to scroll to read this?

Just as not everyone follows the 'rules', not all posts are snipped
properly. No, I did not have to scroll on my 1600 x 1200 pixel
screen..

Yes, and I dare say they're used to that, if it's what they do all the
time. I don't know of any cultures using English (the dominant language
used on this newsgroup) who write either right to left or top to
bottom.

My point is that you can learn.

If someone asked me the time, should I reply with an octal
representation, just because it's theoretically just as useful? No - we
are conditioned by culture, and it's easier to go with the flow.

Given the number of top posts I see, I'm not sure you can call bottom
posting the culture norm. Lots of places use Outlook, and I don't
hear of anyone having problems following an email discussion because
the older replies are at the bottom.

Can you *honestly* say that if I had written this post with each line
written right to left, you'd have been able to read it just as easily?

Writing right to left is not as prevalent on English newsgroups as the
various styles of posting. If it was, yes I'm sure I could, just as I
can pretty easily follow a thread, regardless of whether the quotes
are top, bottom or inline (provided each post is consistent with
itself).

How do you get round the problem that you can't clearly reply to
individual points with top-posting?

What stops you from doing so? You make your points in paragraphs,
just like you would in any other written medium. Each paragraph
should address only one point.

.

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