Program Translation - Nov. 14, 2013

[E.D.G.]

"Terry Reedy" <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote in message 
news:mailman.2820.1384745298.18130.python-list at python.org...

> A couple of sentences of follow-up would have been sufficient.

       The experience that I have had over the years with Newsgroup posting 
is that it is generally better to try to be polite and answer as many 
questions as possible even when that results in more information being 
posted than might be necessary.  Hopefully a discussion will then end 
quietly on a pleasant note.

       That approach seems to usually produce good results.  Quite often 
people who are happy with the tone of the public Newsgroup discussion will 
send along some valuable information by E-mail.  And that has been happening 
with this present discussion that will now continue in only the Fortran 
Newsgroup.