From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_WORDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,577df5d4a0e88785 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-12-13 16:37:44 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!216.227.56.88.MISMATCH!telocity-west!TELOCITY!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp.flash.net!news.flash.net!not-for-mail From: "Ken Garlington" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: Bad coding standards X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 00:37:42 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.215.81.80 X-Complaints-To: abuse@flash.net X-Trace: news.flash.net 976754262 216.215.81.80 (Wed, 13 Dec 2000 18:37:42 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 18:37:42 CST Organization: FlashNet Communications, http://www.flash.net Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3106 Date: 2000-12-14T00:37:42+00:00 List-Id: I just found an interesting consequence of my news reader (Microsoft Outlook) doing line wrapping. If you look at the message below, it has a dot (".") by itself on the fourth line. My hazy recollection of Internet e-mail standards is that this originally signalled the end of the message. Has anyone other than Mr. Beard seen one of these messages truncated at this point? "Ken Garlington" wrote in message news:e1UZ5.7722$bw.685896@news.flash.net..... : "Beard, Frank" wrote in message : news:B6A1A9B09E52D31183ED00A0C9E0888C469949@nctswashxchg.nctswash.navy.mil.. : . : : : Unless your talking about style guide issues that specify : : using "for loops" as opposed to a "slices", or using "case" : : statements instead of an "if" statements, then it has no : : impact on the operation or performance of the software, just : : aesthetics. : : Ouch! "Just aesthetics?" See ARM, Introduction, paragraphs 7-8 for a : contrary position. : :