Teaching python to non-programmers

[Ian Kelly]

On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 12:13 AM, alex23 <wuwei23 at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt
>
>     If you are sending a reply to a message or a posting be sure you
>     summarize the original at the top of the message, or include just
>     enough text of the original to give a context.  This will make
>     sure readers understand when they start to read your response.
>     Since NetNews, especially, is proliferated by distributing the
>     postings from one host to another, it is possible to see a
>     response to a message before seeing the original.  Giving context
>     helps everyone.  But do not include the entire original!
>
> RFC1855 is the PEP8 of posting online :)

But it also says:

      Don't get involved in flame wars.  Neither post nor respond
      to incendiary material.

So we're already pretty much not in compliance.