Re: Auto Fill Comments

[Christopher Dimech]

> Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2020 at 1:08 AM
> From: "Arthur Miller" <arthur.miller@live.com>
> To: "Christopher Dimech" <dimech@gmx.com>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Auto Fill Comments
>
> Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com> writes:
>
> > Re-Writing is a basic tenet amongst writers, but not among programmers it 
> > seems.
>  :-) Plagiators who can't come up with new ideas ;-)

I remember the time I copied A Farewell To Arms in its entirety on a typewriter
in order to learn about his writing style and how it feels to write a great
work.

> If Hemingway rewrote as much as programmers do, the old man would  still
> be deciding which oars to choose for todays fishing.

You forgot about Stephen King.  The man's a legend.