From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2008-05-28T12:43:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Top-posting

James Britt wrote:
> Mark Wilden wrote:
>> On May 27, 2008, at 1:58 PM, James Britt wrote:
>>
>>> But if you are going to post anything at all, consider you audience 
>>> and make things easy for the reader.
>>>
>>> It's sort of like how you should write code; easy of reading trumps 
>>> ease of writing.
>>
>> Thanks - that exactly expresses why (in some cases) I think 
>> top-posting is better. I can't really think of any other basis on 
>> which to argue (except for, "It's the standard!", of course).
>>
> 
> Well, if you honestly think others will find it easier to read your 
> posts if you top-post, I don't know how to argue against it.

Personally, I find it much easier to read posts that are written with 
emacs, not vi.... (just trying to change the subject ;)

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