-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 25 April 2002 08:45 am, Ron Goral wrote: > I do agree that the mysteries of the *NIX OS should not be covered > in a list like this, but... I'm still a blithering tyro where perl is concerned, but one of the most daunting aspects of my earliest learning efforts was the unix-centric nature of most perl material. Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't perl's roots are in unix system admin, isn't that what Mr. Wall wrote it for? To folks lacking the context of unix much of perl is simply impossible to figure out. Willingness to help out in that realm is of great service to we newbies. (Personally, I only began to "get" perl *after* I started running a linux box.)
One thought is that perhaps "beginners" is more heterogeneous a collection than some might expect. Seems to me the term will entice folks who have never written a hello world in any language as well as seasoned programmers who are only "beginners" in the context of perl. The list emphasis seems to be more toward this latter group, but the former is the one most in need of a friendly place to be naive and ignorant and slow. If this isn't the place for such perhaps someone can point to a similar resource that *is* for the absolute beginner? - -- Beau -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8yJDlbMtNI7KvfxQRAr8rAKDFve03++oS+anQciILvaSF/IltOwCfR8sb cL3lkyVs5PhlYwZPS1wcLbA= =Jo65 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
