Re: autoincrement hex numbers

I also assume that there is no possibility of
ambuguity when I quote directly from the post to which I am replying.

There certainly is such a possibility. I have no way of knowing to whom
you are replying above, since you snipped the attribution.

Then again, what's the relevance? I didn't attribute the above quotes.
They stand alone, and the identity of the posters doesn't matter. What
relevance does it have if the poster's name is David Squire, Squire
David, Tim Berners-Lee, or Ulysses S. Grant?

I'll be the first to agree usegroup messages should strive for clarity.
In fact, I remember the days when posts arrived in batches, and you
took them as they came, unthreaded and all. Bottom posting was a
necessity if you wanted people to understand the conversation. Now,
bottom posting is considered rude in the extreme (in most groups,
anyway).

Again, I don't want to cause any sort of controversary or discomfort.
I've never before been told to attribute quotations in the same thread
(different from citing extraneous sources), and quite frankly I find
the caution a little odd. However, I will exercise care in quoting from
now on.

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