Date: Sat, 25 Nov 1995 23:07:03 +0100
From: Mauro junior <mauro.jr-AT-iol.it>
Subject: Re: Juan on Argentina


At 03.12 24/11/95 EST, Chris wrote:
>Juan,
>
>I not only found your response to Jim J's request very interesting, but 
>because it was concrete, it helped me to  a break-through in understanding
>how you have been using abstract concepts over the last year. I now feel this
>makes sense to me.
>CUT>
. My hunch
>is
>that when a contribution goes above 100 lines, readers are expecially
likely to 
>skip it. It's up to you, but as someone who likes complex arguments myself,
>I usually think three times before posting a contribution above 100 lines. 
>Concretely I think the number of potential readers is likely to drop from 
>20 to 3, or that order of magnitude. It may be worth that loss, but it is also
>worth weighing up.

Mauro jr:
I read the Juan contribution with much more interest than for other short
stupid posts (like this, perhaps). You, too, Chris should have been far
shorter in telling Juan to be short.

>
>
Mauro Junior
Tel  (-39)02/35.51.275 fax (-39)02/33.200.101



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