On 19.06.15 10:34, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> On 2015-06-19 18:59 +1000, Erik Christiansen wrote:
>
> > If email is uncomfortable, may I recommend the newfangled twitterface
> > thing?
>
> A look at the top of supercite.el shows the first version was released
> in 1993. So the supercite style is maybe a decade younger, at most,
> than your "traditional" style.
>
> I like your tone, though.
(Chuckle)
In comparison, I'm loyal to awk, because it serves me so well
- but accept others prefer more recent inventions. Trying to sell the
original and best would be a thankless task.
Unfortunately I don't know what the supercite style looks like. If it is
the "Ian> Jim> Fred> Herbet>" style appearing elsewhere on this thread,
then ISTM significantly less readable than the more familiar common
form. If it is the:
"Ian> .....
Herbet> ... "
form, than that's no harder than following a straight line. I've never
heard of that being deprecated, though I've only encountered it rarely
in list posts.
Erik
--
The tools we use have a profound and devious influence on our thinking
habits, and therefore on our thinking abilities.
-Edsgar W. Dijkstra
