[Tutor] Tutor Digest, Vol 106, Issue 5

[Luke Paireepinart]

On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:

> On 04/12/12 00:55, Spectral None wrote:
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>>    1. Re: reverse diagonal (Dave Angel)
>>    2. To Find the Answers (Sujit Baniya)
>>    3. Re: To Find the Answers (Dave Angel)
>>    4. Re: reverse diagonal (Steven D'Aprano)
>>    5. 1 to N searches in files (Spectral None)
>>    6. Re: 1 to N searches in files (Steven D'Aprano)
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>
> Okay, this is where I stopped reading.
>
> You should pay attention to the emails that other people are sending.
> Notice how they reply to individual emails, not to a mass digest? Then
> pay attention to *your* email. Imagine you were receiving it. Did you
> not notice that your reply was SIX PAGES LONG?
>
> Can you imagine if everyone did what you just did? The first reply would
> be six pages, then the reply to that would be 12 pages, the reply to that
> would be 24 pages, then 48 pages...
>
> If you want a response to your question, please try again. This time:
>
> - only reply to a SINGLE email at a time, not six;
>
> - only quote the parts of the email that are relevant;
>
> - use a meaningful subject line that summarizes your question.
>
> If you don't do these things, you will soon find that nobody will be
> interested in digging through the piles and piles of dross looking for
> your comments buried deep in your reply.
>
> [snipped 200-odd lines]
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>
>
> --
> Steven
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