Re: unsigned type

[Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>]

anon top-posted on comp.lang.ada:
[about RFC 1855]
> First since a few RFC have been replaced or updated has this one.

No, it hasn't, TTBOMK.

> But in looking at the RFC that you posted where are the others' "summarizes
> the original" message, no one does that.

Wrong. In this very thread you just ignored two people who did
summarize: Dennis (to whom you were responding, no less) and myself,
who routinely summarizes the posts I respond to.

> And most include the complete
> message which goes against the "do not include the entire original".

Wrong. Even if your perception were right, just because "most" include
the complete message doesn't mean you should do the same mistake,
too.  This I call the "lemming argument".  By your own "lemming
argument", you should be programming in Visual Basic on Windows, or in
COBOL on a mainframe.

> And the RFC also says "it is possible to see a response to a message before
> seeing the original." This is allowed and its also called "top posting". So I
> am, in this case following the rules of the RFC, but no one else to follow any
> part of RFC 1855, section 3.1.1.

Wrong. You did not understand the RFC.  The "response" and the
"original message" in the sentence are two different posts.  It is
indeed possible that you see the second post containing the response
before the first post containing the question.   The RFC does not
endorse top-posting; in fact it specifically recommends against it.

--
Ludovic Brenta.