Re: advantages of forth over other languages

Jean-François Michaud wrote:
So...... wholistically coherent and not entirely uninterresting. What
part of John's quoted text are you addressing again? :). He simply
stated what he perceived from his own experience. Why the pragmatic
rant?

1. Intelligent quoting trims text to just what is necessary to know the context of a reply. Stupid quoting makes no such effort and merely quotes the entire message. If you want to know what else John wrote that provoked my reply, you are invited to explore Google Groups or your favorite newsgroup archive.

2. You are replying to a message that is nearly a month old and that has had subsequent discussion. It is not my role to summarize the discussion that occurred both prior and after the message you quoted.

3. Context doesn't end when the subject line changes. You'll note that the first sentence of my message was "that old theme again" which should suggest that I am not just replying to John's then-current message, but to larger themes he has offered in past discussions. Even if you didn't know what those themes are, you should have been able to deduce them from my reply.

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