From: Viaduct Productions <lists@...>
Date: 2011-10-06T23:02:25+09:00
Subject: Re: How to output an instance's type




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Rich in Toronto

On 2011-10-06, at 9:55 AM, Phillip Gawlowski wrote:

> 
> s/Some devs/Most people/ && s/from a very long time ago (not a Star
> Wars reference),//;

I don't understand that.  

>>  That, can mean scrolling through any new posts, which I find something conveniently left out of the plan.
> 
> You have to do that anyway, by definition. That's why it is called "reading".

No, if it was in a previous post, then there's no reason to re-read it, especially if the original author wrote it, or is keeping up on the thread.  It's called "memory".  

>> I prefer top posting.  As much as quotations are part of the thread, they are secondary to the current response.
> 
> I prefer to be _polite_, and not waste my reader's time with creating
> unnecessary overhead for them.

But you just said you want people to read.  And that you haven't done to my last post.  I also prefer top-posting and minimizing scrolling.  

> 
>> Also, software is designed to do just that, as is this message.
> 
> It's much, much easier for me (and, most of all, it's a one time
> cost!), to add someone to a killfile, than to puzzle out what they are
> on about.

Not interested what's easier for you.  If you are unclear, go back and read the thread.