Thomas, et al -- ...and then Thomas Hurst said... % % * David T-G ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: % % > ...and then Thomas Hurst said... % > > Seriously, what's so wrong with '> ' that it isn't acceptable for % > > everyone? :) % > % > Do you want my semi-canned answer, or should I just keep quiet on this % > one? :-)/2 % % I want your answer, so I may decide on a suitable punishment :)
Fair enough. Here ya go (with apologies to those who have seen this recently :-) It all started back in the Usenet news days of 1989 and 1990, before Linux had hit the scene (ca 1991, IIRC) and when the web was still a gleam in Tim's eye (ca 1991, as I was corrected the last time I provided this sort of response). In the heat of many passionate arguments going back and forth, with quoting sometimes ten levels deep, it was easy to lose track of who said what when. To set my comments apart from others' I started using %_ (the common notation for a trailing space, just like the From_ header). I had, IIRC, already seen a few folks using | and within a few years all manner of quoting (most commonly : :_ | |_ $ but occasionally % and %_ just like me) abounded. I've simply kept it since then, and it's relatively unique and still recognizable. % % > > > What am I missing? % > > % > > How evil this is ;) % > % > Now we're certainly in agreement there! :-) % % Agreeing that FO> is evil while using something even worse doesn't help % your defence much ;) Hey, at least mine is easy to match with $quote_regexp! % % -- % Thomas 'Freaky' Hurst - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.aagh.net/ :-D -- David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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