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: 103376,84be9c5a380874d5 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-09 09:54:56 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!skates!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: gprof with gnat Date: 06 May 2002 10:14:41 -0400 Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (skates.gsfc.nasa.gov) Message-ID: References: <3CCD2328.C5722FC3@epfl.ch> <3CCF8702.A7537851@epfl.ch> <5ee5b646.0205010433.6fc30656@posting.google.com> <3CD0E169.88A260A0@epfl.ch> <5ee5b646.0205020353.650900e5@posting.google.com> <3CD237A7.B91E6F32@epfl.ch> <3cd2816f$1@news.cadence.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: anarres.gsfc.nasa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: skates.gsfc.nasa.gov 1020694883 27213 128.183.220.71 (6 May 2002 14:21:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.gsfc.nasa.gov NNTP-Posting-Date: 6 May 2002 14:21:23 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:23781 Date: 2002-05-06T14:21:23+00:00 List-Id: 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. -- -- Stephe