[Python-Dev] Quoting netiquette reminder [Re: proposed which.py replacement] (original) (raw)
Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Thu May 31 08:30:40 CEST 2007
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Aahz wrote:
Guido has previously given himself explicit permission to violate netiquette (including the rule about top-posting).
Only in the Python mailing lists, I hope -- unless he's declared himself BDFL of the whole Internet as well. :-)
I suppose he could be considered to have a right to do that, but it doesn't stop sloppy quoting practices from being annoying and inefficient. The quoting conventions that emerged in the early days did so for good reasons -- they avoid squandering bandwidth and aid clear communication.
To me, it's not so much a matter of politeness, but of common sense.
-- Greg
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