Re: [OT] Re: (0 == foo), rather than (foo == 0)

[Peter Williams]

Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, David Ford wrote:
>
>
> > Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> >
> >
> > > People who develop kernel code also know what a line-warp is.
> > > They put a '\n' "[Enter] key" in their text every so-often,
> > > maybe every 70 to 79 characters...
> >
> > *thinks back to that 40
> > character screen wrap
> > that everyone used to
> > hound everyone else
> > for*
> >
> > Really, your mail reading software should be capable of wrapping things
> > by itself, we really have progressed from yesteryear.
>
>
> No. You can set your screen size to anything. If you have a very
> high resolution screen, perhaps even 400 columns. If you are
> sending mail to somebody, you need to make sure it fits on
> their page, not your page.

My mail program (netscape) (when so configured) automatically wraps 
lines (at a specified width - I use 72) for me by inserting new line 
characters when it sends the message.  It also wraps lines while I'm 
editing but without the new line characters so that when I delete some 
characters or insert some new ones in the middle of a paragraph I don't 
have to reformat the paragraph. I like this feature and assume that any 
reasonably modern mail program provides the same feature.  So what's all 
the fuss about?

Peter
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