En op 10 mei 2002 sprak Red Squirrel:
> If that is acceptable to Yanick, I think it might help the
> situation and prevent the addition of yet another category
> (newbies) that would end up with too much disparity.
PGAS should be designed so that it can take an arbitrary
number of divisions and with arbitrary names. These are
things we will definitely want to change in the future.
Most sports use: 1st division, 2nd division, 3rd division, ...
or: A grade, B grade, C grade, ...
Yet there are many, many ways to categorise people.
The nice thing about Perl golf is that you can compete in
multiple divisions simultaneously. `/anick, for example,
might contest the "Womens" section, the "under-20-years-of-age"
section, and the "Canuck" section. ;)
In real golf, you have an "open" tour and a "seniors" tour
(over the age of 50). In Chess, you have an "Open" division and
a Womens division. The best woman player in the world, however,
(Judit Polgar of Hungary) chooses to play in the Open division
and so denies herself the chance to be official Women's world
champion. BTW, in Perl Golf, I think Autrijus Tang would be
the World Women's champion, easily. :)
I have always hated the terms "Veteran" and "Beginner".
I prefer to have an "Open" division in which *all* players
are listed. On top of that, you can have various categories,
such as: Teams, Countries (I might be in with a chance to
be leading Australian ;), people over the age of 50 or under
the age of 20, women, experienced Perl programmers who are
Perl golf beginners, beginning programmers, the list goes
on and on.
Yet I think the most pressing need is for a "newbies" section
to allow the average (or below average) Perl programmer to
go on the stage without feeling humiliated.
/-\ndrew
