Some do, some don't. I've seen good code from youngsters and awful code from boomers. That's something to judge on a case by case basis.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of Doug [[email protected]] Sent: Friday, February 28, 2020 12:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: 2 Spaces after periods [was: RE: Rexx parse using period as placeholder] Boomers code better anyway. Doug Fuerst 718.921.2620 (O) 917.572.7364 (C) [email protected] ------ Original Message ------ From: "Mitch Mccluhan" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: 28-Feb-20 12:05:35 Subject: Re: 2 Spaces after periods [was: RE: Rexx parse using period as placeholder] > Boomer? > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Tom Brennan <[email protected]> >To: IBM-MAIN <[email protected]> >Sent: Fri, Feb 28, 2020 9:49 am >Subject: Re: 2 Spaces after periods [was: RE: Rexx parse using period as >placeholder] > >Boomer :) > >On 2/28/2020 7:40 AM, Mitch Mccluhan wrote: >> I VOTE FOR 2 SPACES!!! Is that loud enough? It has ALWAYS made reading, >> easier. >> Mitch >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Joel C. Ewing <[email protected]> >> To: IBM-MAIN <[email protected]> >> Sent: Fri, Feb 28, 2020 9:26 am >> Subject: Re: 2 Spaces after periods [was: RE: Rexx parse using period as >> placeholder] >> >> This is a sentence ending with one space. This is a sentence ending with >> two spaces. My email client is supposedly using a proportional, >> variable width font, and the typical smaller width used for a space >> character tends to make sentences merge together visually when only a >> single space is used. Two spaces make the end of a sentence more >> apparent visually, especially since with many fonts a "period" is almost >> indistinguishable from a speck of dirt on the screen. The improved >> visual separation with two spaces is even greater on typical browser fonts. >> >> I personally think the argument for a single space at end of sentence is >> BS, made up out of laziness by someone who has not yet needed reading >> glasses. Setting off sentences with extra space was a long-established >> practice with good handwriting, not something that originated because >> typewriters had imprecise spacing. >> >> Yes, a single space at end of sentence may now be acceptable, but it is >> aesthetically inferior. >> JC Ewing >> >> On 2/28/20 5:38 AM, Joe Monk wrote: >>> The rule now is 1 space after a period. >>> >>> Two spaces after a period was the rule on a typewriter, because the fonts >>> weren't proportional, they were monospace. This led to uneven spacing of >>> words on paper, so two spaces was the rule. >>> >>> Nowadays, on a computer, the fonts are proportional. For instance on a >>> typewriter, the characters i and a take the same amount of space. But on a >>> word processor, i and a dont take the same amount of space. Thus, no need >>> for two spaces. >>> >>> This is a monospace font. >>> This is a proportional font. >>> >>> Joe >>> >>> On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 2:59 PM Paul Gilmartin < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 15:48:44 -0500, Steve Smith wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks for another reminder I'm "really old" :-). The rule, btw, is two >>>>> spaces at the end of a sentence. And I think it makes at least as much >>>>> sense for proportional fonts as mono. You can (and I do) have Word check >>>>> to make sure they're always there... >>>>> >>>> Specifically, not after titles: "Ms. Smith", "Dr. Jones:. Also bad >>>> places for >>>> automatic linebreaks. >>>> >>>> -- gil >>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>>> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >>>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
