Catonano <caton...@gmail.com> writes: > In fact, I'd paste code even on IRC channels, I don't do so because I have > been requested to abstain from pasting code in chat channels in the past > > But I don't understand the reason why that is not desirable, inconvenient > and frown upon.
IRC is for real-time conversations, and pasting many lines of code there makes it hard to converse. A channel can be very crowded even without pasting code snippets, so it’s best to keep excess text to a minimum. I guess that’s why it’s customary on IRC to paste code elsewhere and just link to it. For mails it’s fine (and desirable) to include code snippets inline or as attachments. -- Ricardo GPG: BCA6 89B6 3655 3801 C3C6 2150 197A 5888 235F ACAC https://elephly.net
