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From: nacer@mist.cs.orst.edu (Abdenacer Moussaoui C.)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Killing off Turbo programmers
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Date: 24 Feb 89 07:40:16 GMT
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I think what we need as well as other groups is to set and insert some standard
keywords in the subject string so it would convey the content of the messages
easily.  These could be things such as a 

?,rsqt 	if the content of note is a question or a request
DISC  	for  discussion
PMAC   	for a pascal-mac 
TP	for Turbo-Pascal
PC	for a PC related
STD	for a question on Pascal standard.
etc..

Such a convention will allow readers to easily pinpoint any postings of 
interest.  These abbreviations can be set and enforced by the group moderator.
They have to be of course more or less unique.
For example I can easily skim thru the subjects of comp.land.database and
KILL any postings about say Informix if every body consistently include this
keyword part of the posting title.

-- nacer