Perhaps this will help: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt
That said I am not clear on the distinction between "an established convention" and "a mishmash with all kinds of adjustments". Are there always valid (or even "frequently valid") issues which separate them? Also: I have moved this from the programming forum to the chat forum. If there is some programming going on here, I'm overlooking it. Thanks, -- Raul On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 2:56 PM, greg heil <[email protected]> wrote: > Wm > >>i do not see a "established convention" here. i see a mishmash with all kinds >>of adjustments, conscious and un-conscious experiments, lots of overlay from >>machine (MUA) modulations and a few attempts towards best practices. Some >>sites/lists/forums/etc have codified and enforced, their probably premature, >>ideas of established conventions. It takes a lot of understanding to turn >>these datum's into knowledge, it is probably hopeless to turn those hoped for >>knowledge's into wisdom. But anyway that is a quest which one can choose to >>take. Yes their will be nay sayers. Yes they will get more forceful and vocal >>as seeker approaches a prime. So what? It is a, perhaps in a larger context - >>the, growth path. > > greg > ~krsnadas.org > > -- > > from: William Tanksley, Jr <[email protected]> > to: [email protected] > date: 14 May 2013 09:03 > subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Testing consecutive pairs of primes > > greg heil <[email protected]> wrote: >>i do try not to use one on "short" lines. > >>Yes, that would be slightly annoying. It's only extremely annoying when it's >>used on long lines -- it blocks the reply editor from being able to properly >>mark your text as being a reply. > >>It makes a lot of sense to use it on code. I don't see why it helps to use it >>on text -- there's an established convention there, and I don't see what >>benefit you're gaining that makes up for flouting that convention. Again, it >>makes replying inline to you harder than usual. > > I'm sorry to have dragged this on, though. I won't call attention to that > again. > > -Wm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
