Jay Garcia wrote: > > On 18/08/02 01:13, Brian Heinrich Replied As Follows: > > --- Original Message --- > > > On 17 Aug 2002, it is alleged that Jay Garcia sauntered in to > > netscape.public.mozilla.mail-news and loudly proclaimed: > > > >> On 17/08/02 13:26, Brian Heinrich Replied As Follows: > >> > >> --- Original Message --- > > >> It's an old convention that is no longer needed in any venue. > > > > To the extent that it can be argued that it improves readability, I would > > hesistate to dismiss is quite so readily. > > > > /b. > > Hmm, let's see, I took typing in 1955'ish or so. The teaching convention > then was single spacing. So, I'd be safe in saying that the dbl-spacing > convention here predates 1955'ish or so .... :-) > > -- > Jay Garcia - Netscape Champion > Novell MCNE-5/CNI-Networking Technologies-OSI > UFAQ - http://www.UFAQ.org > ** Post To Group ONLY, do NOT email **
Nope. Took typing about 1958, and the double space was definitely the standard at the time. Note that it is logical to leave more space between sentences than between words. -- Ron Hunter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
