On Tue Nov  8 21:34:04 2011, Ben Langfeld wrote:
Because it's more general. "Last" implies that it's not possible to
modify prior messages, which is not explicitly prohibited by the
specification, nor should it be. For that reason, "last" is not as
clear as "previous", and is perhaps even confusing.

I'm mildly terrified by the notion that *any* previous message can be corrected.

I'll try to articulate my phobia tomorrow; in general it just seems Wrong to allow arbitrary message editing after sending, and I've a nasty feeling there's some security impact there.

Dave.
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