On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 12:28, Jason Wong wrote: > On Thursday 11 March 2004 23:43, Robert Cummings wrote: > > Here we go again. > > > Inline braces or dropped braces? C versus Java? This is a highly > > subjective argument. Go look at the comments on the PHP site... they > > flow in reverse chronological order so you don't need to scroll to the > > bottom. > > Apples & oranges.
subjective == subjective > > Anyways I always seem the ass when I take the devil's advocate > > position on this, and yes I am familiar with the etiquette guidelines > > that were written some decade or two ago (possibly tweaked since then), > > and quite frankly I don't give a damn when it comes to top posting. > > > Obviously there's a large populace that prefer this style. So who are > > you to say you are right? > > How do you know they prefer it? Most probably don't know better and just > accepted what MS gave them. How do you know they don't prefer it? How do you know they don't know better? Your argument is as weak as any, including mine. You are making your own set of assumptions to refute my assumptions which is all just assumptions :) > > Just because there's some etiquette posted > > somewhere to reference doesn't make it most correct. I could go post a > > similar etiquette document of my own evangelizing top posting. And of > > course let's remember history... just because everyone says the earth is > > flat, doesn't make it so. > > Again, you're not comparing like with like. Some people used to think > (actually some people still do think) the earth is flat because of the lack > of research and exploration. I think you'll find that those n/etiquette docs > are the result of researching and exploring the pros and cons of both > top-posting and bottom-posting and came to the conclusion that the latter is > the more useful in a mailing-list. sheeple == sheeple (the sheep like followers in both cases not necessarily thinking and choosing for themselves) Research is often based on trends, trends are often based on time and place. These things have a tendency to evolve such that research conclusions can become outdated/obsolete. Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
