Re: [RFC] Alternate approach to keeping convenience variables

Eli Zaretskii
2005-12-10T08:59:07Z

> Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 18:10:36 -0800
> From: Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com>
>
> Whoa. Being bossy wasn't on my mind. I did write imperative
> sentences, but only because it was terser than writing "I think", "How
> about", etc. each time.

Sometimes, one can be in the mood whereby reading a too imperative
language would annoy a lot.

FWIW, I generally find that adding "I think", "How about", "IMO", and
similar phrases, while it wastes a little bandwidth, is worth that
waste in gold in terms of making the discussion more pleasant and
constructive. So much so that I now re-read every message before
sending and add such reservations and qualifications in every sentence
that isn't saying something that is 200% obvious.