Subj : Small Type
To   : Boraxman
From : Mortar
Date : Wed Jun 04 2025 10:45:50

  Re: Re: Cobol/gnucobol
  By: Nightfox to Boraxman on Fri May 30 2025 09:20:03

 > Do you think the use of the virtual keyboard has significantly changes how
 > people compose their replies?  In that they just write shorter, disjointed
 > comments?

Not really.  Using abbreviated text goes as far back as the telegraph, when sending a msg. was priced by the character, so brevity was paramount.  In the 90s, when PDAs with keyboards showed up, again, people would abbreviate their text, both for comfort and cost.

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