Re: gprof with gnat

[Stephen Leake <stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov>]

chfr_rey@bluemail.ch (cfrey) writes:

> yes and no ... :-)
> think about this : when you receive a send a reply letter to someone,
> and you must send him a copy of the letter he previously wrote, you
> put it in annex, right ? 

Only because of the limitations of the paper medium. Cutting and
pasting paper would make the reply easier to read, but it is messy and
cumbersome. 

Or, if it's in a legal or formal context, keeping the original message
intact may be important, to lessen the chances of taking things out of
context. Newsgroups are very informal, and you can always get the
original anyway.

> so I think it's possible to do the same with messages in ng ...
> isn't it ? 

It is certainly possible; Marin David Condic (to pick one poster) does
it all the time.

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 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.

> but, i agree it's maybe not the common way to write messages ...

Based on my personal survey of the newsgroups I read, the interspersed
reply style (as I am using here) is much more common. I think most
people feel it is more readable.

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-- Stephe