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
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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
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