[ih] Fwd: Reporter query on the history of greater-than in quoted replies

[Scott Brim]

How were tabs shown (if shown) on early terminals?

On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 10:57 AM, Dave Crocker <dhc2 at dcrocker.net> wrote:
> Hi folks.
>
> Just got this query.  I don't have any clear memory of how the usage got
> started.  Do any of you?
>
> d/
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: Reporter query on the history of greater-than in quoted replies
> Date: Mon,  2 Jan 2017 12:43:04 -0800
> From: Glenn Fleishman <glenn at glennf.com>
>
> ...
> I'm a reporter with a deep background in typography, and recently wrote
> this piece about quotation marks (the curly kind) for The Atlantic:
> https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/12/quotation-mark-wars/511766/
>
> In researching that story, I found that the > mark was the original
> quotation mark — it dates back about two thousand years in that usage.
> This fascinated me, because of how it was revived in email and forums.
>
> I read early RFCs and other documents, and was unable to find the origin
> of > for quoting a reply.
> ...
>
>
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>
>    Dave Crocker
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