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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c1983ae2deb642ab X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-26 05:57:38 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!news-hog.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!news-feed.ifi.uio.no!uio.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada -vs- GNAT Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 12:57:37 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <5ee5b646.0205250258.7502fb36@posting.google.com> <_IQH8.462$II3.79467548@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1022417857 22395 129.241.83.82 (26 May 2002 12:57:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 12:57:37 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:24827 Date: 2002-05-26T12:57:37+00:00 List-Id: On 26 May 2002 12:13:51 +0100, Simon Wright wrote: > Preben Randhol writes: > >> Who should include this signature ? Please look at your newsreader >> so that quoting gets right. There is no name associated with the >> text you quoted. > > No, but "real" newsreaders should be able to thread; in Emacs it's > simply C-^ to get back to the posting that "this" posting is a reply > to. Huh? This is beside the point entirely. When I open comp.lang.ada my newsreader threads all the post. But of course it doesn't show those I have already read. That would be hopeless! I can choose to read old messages, but why should I have to keep going back all the time to find out who the poster is quoting? Preben