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
