(...) Re: Question about csh quoting

[trip at RICE.ARPA]

From:  Brandon Rigney <trip at RICE.ARPA>

> Forgive my inability to express myself... and yes, virginia, i do
> understand history... history is the 100+ letters I received from
> everyone on the net.
>
> Thank God I didn't post it to net.general.........
>
>      Gary K. Sloane

It was a pretty silly question, Mr. Sloane, but I forgive you, just this
once.  Neurons will misfire in the most agile and knowledgable of brains.

I wish, however, that those of you in Info-Unix Land who pounced upon Mr.
Sloane had read the rest of your mail before responding to his seemingly
naive question.  Judging from the dates on your messages, many of you must
have been so anxious to display your prodigious knowledge of the csh that
you shot back replies immediately, not noticing that dozens of others had
already enlightened him (needlessly, it turns out).

My plea to all of you is thus: the next time some poor fool asks a
question with an incredibly obvious answer, don't make a fool of yourself
by regurgitating said obvious answer to all of info-unix.  Mother is proud
that you read your Unix Programmer's Manual, but the rest of us don't
care.

                                     Brandon Rigney
                                     (trip at RICE.ARPA)