Reading the link again, it seems that the people 'helpfully' forwarding messages to this mailing list aren't the same as those authoring the messages. With that in mind, I'd like to stress that my irritating is towards those doing the forwarding, i.e. Marc, and not those just talking about the tools elsewhere, i.e. 'Cudder'. It is perfectly reasonable to discuss the benefits and drawbacks of whatever programming decision on another forum, and according to the etiquette there. What isn't so reasonable is to forward those messages, given their tone, to this mailing list. That's poor manners.
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