On Tuesday 04 September 2001 22:43 pm, Craig Dickson wrote: > Karsten is using the word as it is commonly used among computer > professionals. When some previously-common (or even not so common) > practice or standard is superseded and no longer recommended, it is said > to be "deprecated". One often sees a phrase such as "strongly deprecated" > in reference to something that is not merely no longer recommended, but > actively discouraged or considered a Very Bad Thing.
Except that in this case we're not talking about a practice that was not previously common or even not so common. We're talking about a practice that was virtually unknown until Microsoft flooded the market with badly broken mail and news clients that make it very difficult to properly quote or attribute anything. -- Bud Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.sirinet.net/~budr All things in moderation. And not too much moderation either.