From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 22:31:56 -0400
From: rob@plan9.att.com rob@plan9.att.com
Subject: acme font
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Message-ID: <19951012023156.Xjh3I5d6N2of7kJH6JNcmmQpJJn4gw62HqLyNYPWdqg@z>

>Maybe I mix with the wrong sorts of people, but there are more than
>a few programmers "out there" (myself included) who put diagrams and
>formatted tables in their comments.

>Text diagrams and proportional
>fonts don't mix very well.  I hope that fixed-pitch fonts don't
>disappear until something like literate programming becomes common.

Thank you for adding support to my position.  I really appreciate it.

-rob