On the evils of bottom-posting (Was Re: Installing snapshots)

[Igor Peshansky <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>]

Properly <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TITTTL>ing.

On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Murray Eisenberg wrote:

> (I hate bottom-posting -- since with it I have to read through the
> entire past history of the interchanges before getting to the most
> recent part -- and therefore always do top-posting.

That's what the "End" key on your keyboard is for... :-)

Besides, most of the time it's a GOOD thing to read through the entire
past history -- that way you can be sure you're not repeating something
that was already said.

> Obviously your preference is the opposite.)

It's a well-known adage:

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?

See also <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU>.

But I'm not advocating bottom-posting -- I actually prefer inline replies,
which make it clear exactly which part of the message you're replying to.
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