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Re: request for opinion on alternative operand/operator classification
dj@redhat.com (DJ Delorie) wrote on 25.10.04 in <200410252130.i9PLU6s2028328@greed.delorie.com>:
> The advice below doesn't apply when the new text isn't a response. I
Unfortunately, yours was a bad example in that it clearly *was* a
response.
And if it weren't, it is rather unlikely that ...
> conversation when appropriate, but sometimes the quoted text is not
> part of the new conversation, but merely a "figure A" included for
... this is actually useful.
> reference (i.e. sometimes the quote works best within or following
Within, surely. Following ...
... no.
> But, selective quoting is almost always preferred over bulk-including
> the previous message.
Very much so.
MfG Kai