No tabs in post PLEASE!!! (was Re: partial list sort)

[Daniel T.]

"Terry Reedy" <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:

> "François Pinard" <pinard at iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
> 
> Somewhat tongue in cheek, I wrote
> > >> > > Tabs are bad for Usenet posting if you want stupid people
> like me who
> > >> > > use Outlook Express to read posted code.
> 
> >I've seen
> > a constant push, for years, by recipients using broken software,
> asking the
> > whole planet to be polite and help them cope with their
> brokenedness.  That
> > push should be considered unwelcome, and politeness is misplaced
> here.
> 
> Since I started this subthread, please note that I did *not* push (and
> intentionally so).

Is that why the subject line says "PLEASE!!!" that's a pretty loud shout.

At any rate, I'm sorry. Normally I successfully ignore/avoid these 
religious debates, but I'm somewhat frustrated right now because I'm 
finding my job difficult.

You see, I'm in the business of taking things other people did with no 
regard to a wider audience, and trying to make it work for a niche. Yes, 
I get paid to make things portable.

Kind of ironic when you think about it. :-)

-- 
In early 1955, Sammet recalled, her boss, Arthur Hauser, asked her if
she wanted to be a programmer. Sammet replied, "What's a programmer?"
Hauser said he did not know, but he knew the computer project would
require a programmer... "That's how I became a programmer," Sammet
explained, smiling at the memory.                -- Steve Lohr "Go To"