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From: Joao Correia <joaomiguelcorreia@gmail.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] Increase lockdep limits: MAX_LOCK_DEPTH
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 16:46:48 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <a5d9929e0907070846w95f60b1nf278e3a1beb22cbd@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1246981272.9777.9.camel@twins>

On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Peter Zijlstra<a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> wrote:
>
> A: Because we read from top to bottom, left to right.
> Q: Why should I start my reply below the quoted text?
>
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
>
> A: The lost context.
> Q: What makes top-posted replies harder to read than bottom-posted?
>

Interesting :-).

Ill keep that in mind, apologies.

Joao Correia

      reply	other threads:[~2009-07-07 15:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-07-07 15:25 Joao Correia
2009-07-07 15:29 ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-07-07 15:36   ` Joao Correia
2009-07-07 15:41     ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-07-07 15:46       ` Joao Correia [this message]

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