Re: How To Write Unmaintainable Code

[kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)]

In article <Mjr_3.405$aj3.40078@news.wenet.net>, xanthian@well.com (Kent Paul Dolan) writes:
> In article <81csuk$vku$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
> Robert Dewar  <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> wrote:
> 
>>> In article <2x8_3.271$aj3.34645@news.wenet.net>,
>>>   xanthian@well.com (Kent Paul Dolan) wrote:
> 
>>> > [Yeah, I know all this HTML crud is silly in a posting, and
>>_way_
>>> > ugly, but it does, in some newsreaders, make the above links
>>"live",
> 
>>There is no need to EVER send HTML to newsgroups like this. I
>>personally immediately delete any posting including HTML without
>>reading it.
> 
> Ah, yes, the old "invincible ignorance" ploy.  The article might
> contain the cure for cancer, the HTML might demonstrate a Turing
> complete gnat compiler constructed entirely out of SGML tags, but if it
> offends the eye, out with it, blaming the messenger without first
> reading the message.

> Even in this very newsgroup, careful mining in this fashion will
> uncover the occasional nugget of great worth, and meanwhile I teach
> myself new, more widely useful, editor scripting techniques.

I have too many years of editor scripting experience.
I have too few hours of available time.
I vote with Robert.

I prefer to read posts from those who know how to avoid HTML
due to the considerably larger probability that they are not
a waste of my time.  This is not very different than the bias
I exercise to favor posts that demonstrate the ability to deal
with spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mixed case.

Larry Kilgallen