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Re:The Evolution of Smalltalk from Smalltalk-72 to Squeak [v... by caslon on Friday August 27, 2021 @09:14PM (#28334684)
> Please don't use uppercase for emphasis. If you want to emphasize a word or phrase, put asterisks around it and it will get italicized.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re:The Evolution of Smalltalk from Smalltalk-72 to Squeak [v... by isr on Saturday August 28, 2021 @08:41PM (#28342940)
Thank YOU for taking the TIME and EFFORT to attempt to OUTLAW the BARBARIC PRACTICE of using capital letters in written communications, to convey a slightly ELEVATED tone.

Err ... oops ... ;-)

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