[Ruby] Top Posting (was Hacking Tomorrow!)

[Eric Hodel]

On May 23, 2006, at 8:08 AM, pat eyler wrote:

>> On the other hand if you are just posting a reply on the thread  
>> that is not
>> a response to a direct question and is just a new thought, opinion or
>> suggestion there is no harm in top posting as it does not make  
>> sense for
>> other reading it to scroll through a lot of context. This would  
>> work best
>> with relevant subject like one of my pet peeves (although I have  
>> mistakenly
>> sent and regretted an empty subject line occassionally I try to  
>> have a
>> relevant subject always).
>
> I think selective quoting and putting your comments/responses/answers
> immediately below the message you're responding to is a much better
> way to keep the needed context.
>
> If you really are posting something entirely new, please do  two  
> things:
> *  don't leave a bunch of junk quoted in your email, start with a  
> clean page.
>
> *  consider whether this email is really a part of the current  
> thread or needs
>    to be broken out on its own.

Ditto.

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