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Chad Perrin wrote:
> 
> (or even [R], now that I think about it -- though
> maybe that should be reserved for the R language, which makes me think
> [RB] might be more appropriate to this list).

Actually, there are several R lists, and they all use subject line
tagging, for example, [R-help]. I don't believe they've co-opted [R]
yet, but the main R developers' list is [Rd].
> 
> Now, to be a little less careful in tone:
> 
> I don't think I've ever seen this much wailing and moaning over a handful
> of characters in a subject width in my life.  Considering the massive
> benefits it would grant to those of us who find ourselves inconvenienced
> by implementing a list-identifier in the subject line, I find it
> exceedingly difficult to give a hot damn about a few characters.  If
> you're worried about subject line length, get on the case of people who
> post a damned paragraph for the subject line.  There's far too much of
> that going on around here.

Well ... it's at least a *unique* thread, rather than yet another
discussion of IDEs and editors, yet another person who wishes floating
point arithmetic followed the same axioms as real numbers, or worse yet,
several pages of incomprehensible regular expressions that I'm supposed
to debug. :)

Which reminds me ... I keep meaning to ask ... how *did* regular
expressions morph from an undergraduate computer science concept into a
"language" that *every* working programmer is expected to be able to
read and write in his or her sleep? Let's debate *that*! ;)
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