Ali Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] quoth: *> *>For some reason, I hadn't really put much thought into the fact that *>"monks" implied a male-only group in that context. Cue rerun of Life of *>Brian. *> *>I can't imagine wanting to join a "for the girls" Perl group, since I've *>not met anyone in any Perlmongers group that has made any negative, *>patronising or surprised comments about the fact that I'm a girl who does *>Perl. In my experience, it's only non-techies that get shocked by it.
It was a joke...a Catholic joke :) Given all the other religious and cult-like features of perl, it was simply poking fun. No, the sisters of the Sacred Perl never said a single novena nor sang gregorian chant for the betterment of perl, but we did try to have a little fun :) *>Besides, "mongeress" just sounds silly. Well, so does monger for that matter. :) Hey, guy, wanna fish?! e.
