Re: advantages of forth over other languages

Jean-François Michaud wrote:
> So...... wholistically coherent and not entirely uninterresting. What
> part of John's quoted text are you addressing again? :). He simply
> stated what he perceived from his own experience. Why the pragmatic
> rant?

1.  Intelligent quoting trims text to just what is necessary to know the 
context of a reply.  Stupid quoting makes no such effort and merely 
quotes the entire message.  If you want to know what else John wrote 
that provoked my reply, you are invited to explore Google Groups or your 
favorite newsgroup archive.

2.  You are replying to a message that is nearly a month old and that 
has had subsequent discussion.  It is not my role to summarize the 
discussion that occurred both prior and after the message you quoted.

3.  Context doesn't end when the subject line changes.  You'll note that 
the first sentence of my message was "that old theme again" which should 
suggest that I am not just replying to John's then-current message, but 
to larger themes he has offered in past discussions.  Even if you didn't 
know what those themes are, you should have been able to deduce them 
from my reply.