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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: news.software.b,news.admin,news.misc
Subject: Re: Re: Messages with >80-character lines
Message-ID: <8893@utzoo.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 6-Nov-87 17:04:36 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  6 17:04:36 1987
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> Which standard?????
> The standards for writing style are dependent upon several things:
> 	1) Whom are you writing to (Newspaper, Tech. Journal, Letter
> 	   to Mom, etc.)

So we set up a specific standard for Usenet.  No big deal, except for the
highly non-trivial problem of getting people to adhere to it.  My point
remains:  getting people to use a new standard will be easier if it doesn't
require scrapping everything that exists and starting over.
-- 
Those who do not understand Unix are |  Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
condemned to reinvent it, poorly.    | {allegra,ihnp4,decvax,utai}!utzoo!henry