> > 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.
Errm, as explanations go, this isn't one that makes any sense ! -- Regards Cliff
