A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? A: No. Q: Should I include quotations after my reply? http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top On Thu, Jul 02, 2020 at 11:47:09PM -0700, Chris Dickens wrote: > Well, the history shows it was there from the very beginning, so it is > unclear (at least to me) why it was needed. Look in the older history trees, perhaps it is in there? And if it pre-dates git, odds are we don't remember anymore, some of us deal with thousands of patches a week :) thanks, greg k-h
