Re: gprof with gnat

["Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org>]

"Stephen Leake" <stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov> wrote in message
news:ur8kp8isu.fsf@gsfc.nasa.gov...
>
> It is certainly possible; Marin David Condic (to pick one poster) does
> it all the time.
>
Just for the record, I usually go just by "Marin". I typically include the
"David" in correspondence because "Marin" might be ambiguous as to gender,
given that it is a rather unusual name and I'm not there to correct the
impression. :-) (The junk mail I get has had the name mangled just about
every conceivable way, so I don't get touchy about it. But there are times
life would be simpler if my parents had named me "Bill" or "George" :-)


> However, I prefer mixed replies, like I'm doing here. It makes it much
> clearer what you are responding to. When I read one of Marin's posts,

I will mix replies when I want to address individual points in a post - as
I'm doing now.


> I first scroll to the bottom to see what he's responding to, then I
> scroll back to the top (often a long way :) to read Marin's
> contribution. Much better to present a linear flow.
>
Everybody's tastes vary. For me, I've usually seen the original post and
want to get immediately to the reply. Scanning down through nested layers of
earlier posts to get to an "I Agree!" response is not what I want to do.
Hence I post on top - and have had some people jump on my case about it as
if it were a mortal sin. :-) My attitude is that the moment someone
purchases the newsgroup and has full and clear title to it, they can post
whatever rules they like for people to participate in it. In the mean time
they can possibly take some "toleration lessons" and I'll be their homework.
:-)


> > but, i agree it's maybe not the common way to write messages ...
>
What surprises me is how many people seem to take it so seriously. Relax
about it! Its only zeros and ones and any time they become inconvenient,
there's a delete key! Post on top. Post on the bottom. Post interspersed.
Quote a single line. Quote the last 12 layers of replies*. Quote nothing. If
you have something of value to say, the message will get across as long as
you don't burry it too deeply. Its more important to me that responses be
polite, courteous, respectful of other's feelings & egos, patient,
understanding, helpful, etc. Those are the things that make social
interaction work best. The format is just window dressing.

*I've got 10 gig of disk space available on my local drive and I know how to
delete/purge my news posts. I doubt seriously that anyone can quote enough
plain text in a newsgroup to make me notice. :-)


MDC
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Marin David Condic
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Enabling the digital revolution
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