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Date: Mon, 10 May 2021 17:15:10 -0500
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Could we drop the bottom-posting rule?
From: larry@garfieldtech.com ("Larry Garfield")

On Mon, May 10, 2021, at 5:08 PM, =F0=9F=98=89 Good Guy =F0=9F=98=89 wro=
te:
> On 10/05/2021 23:00, Alain D D Williams wrote:
> > Please do not change - keep bottom posting.
>=20
>=20
> No I don't agree.=C2=A0 People can do whatever is convenient for them.=
=C2=A0 Some=20
> will top-post; Some will bottom-post and some will inter-post.=C2=A0 B=
y=20
> interpost I mean people will try to respond to a post on a point by=20=

> point basis.
>=20
> Frankly anything is acceptable to people as long as it gives a coheren=
t=20
> answer that is convincing!
>=20
>=20
> People should learn to trim some part of the post that they are not=20=

> responding to like I have done here.

It's true that all three methods have their pros and cons.  The real pro=
blem comes when mixing both in the same thread, which gets stupidly conf=
using.

In practice, inter-posting and bottom-posting are more mutually compatib=
le, I find, than trying to mix inter-posting with top posting.  I usuall=
y interpost myself, which is more compatible with bottom-posting.

--Larry Garfield