From: David Vallner <david@...>
Date: 2006-09-02T00:45:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Off topic: What is "top posting" ??

Trans wrote:
> I always wondered if an xml-like notation might catch on for this
> instead. Yes, it's nice when your email client automatically adds the
> '>'. And it look pretty good. But it certainly bites when that doesn't
> happen or the lines get broken up in a odd manner. I would think
> something like:


If it ain't broke...

It would also horribly, terribly break backwards compatibility - mail 
clients that can't recognize the XML format would show it as such, and 
while YMMV, I'm very, very loathe to reading XML.

David Vallner