Re: top posting

From: Ron St-Pierre <ron(dot)pgsql(at)shaw(dot)ca>
To: Thomas Hart <tomhart(at)coopfed(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: top posting
Date: 2007-12-12 01:08:09
Message-ID: 475F3479.2080400@shaw.ca
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Thomas Hart wrote:
> Andrew Sullivan wrote:
>>
>> I don't think top posting is always the crime it's made to be (and I
>> get a
>> little tired of lectures to others about it on these lists).
>>
>> A
>>
> I agree. Obviously there is convention, and I will post in the style
> generally accepted in the list, but to me it always made more sense to
> top post. If you're keeping up on the conversation, then the relevant
> information is right there, and if you weren't, it's not that
> difficult to go through and catch up
I agree that top-posting can sometimes be easier to read. However, from
the perspective of someone who *often* searches the archives for answers
it is usually *much* easier to find a complete problem/solution set when
the responses are bottom posted and/or interleaved.

Ron

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