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Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2014 02:42:05 +1000
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On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 2:27 AM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
> It says there, "most readers will stop reading by 100 lines of code".  I
> guess I have a short attention span relative to "most readers", because
> my tl;dnr threshold is a lot shorter than that.

"by" 100 lines includes everyone who stops at 10 lines, 40 lines, or
80 lines, too. What it means is that if you post >100 lines of code,
you've lost most of your audience.

ChrisA