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From: jborlin@athena.mit.edu (James B. Orlin)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Should answers be posted or mailed? (was: COMMA separated expresses)
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Date: Tue, 30-Jun-87 10:51:13 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 30 10:51:13 1987
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Summary: Keep posting those answers!

In article <414@sol.ARPA> crowl@rochester.UUCP (Lawrence Crowl) writes:
  ... (gives example of short response to syntax question that several
       people have posted to the net) ...

>PLEASE MAIL RESPONSES LIKE THIS.
>
>There must be a thousand readers of this newsgroup that can answer questions
>like this.  If everyone posted an answer to an individual instead of replying
>through mail, this news group would be useless.  Post only that which is of
>general interest to everyone.  The answers to this type of question are of
>interest to those that asked, and few others.
                               
Quite the contrary!  Many of us read this newsgroup to learn more about
using C.  If the question is asked, there are probably readers who either
could answer it with some work, but not off the tops of their heads, or who
would have no hope of answering it at all.  We appreciate the effort of
those who answer the questions and help us to improve.

Unless the original poster explicitly says that he will post a summary of
responses, respondents should continue to post answers.  Those who are
advanced enough to be bored by the answers can always have rn skip the
messages on these simple topics.