instead of showing random perl examples on learn.perl why not highlight the good docs that already exist. the other day someone asked on irc about some ref stuff and i pointed them to perlreftut. the tutes are full of useful stuff but they aren't read by newbies (i know that from many times telling them to read them). so highlight those on learn.perl. excerpt them or describe why they are so useful. same for the FAQ. i always tell newbies to read the entire FAQ even though they won't understand much of it. it is to get them to learn what kind of stuff is there and to learn how to read the docs. that is a skill you can teach on that site with little effort. show how easy it is to learn perl given the great docs that come with it. the docs are deep and wide and scary but making a site that demystifies them will attract more than one liners.
there are other ways too to make learn.perl better. use your collective branes to do that instead of one liners. it should be a teaching site that is the primary one newbies should go to. instead it is a backwater with a single book on it. uri -- Uri Guttman ------ u...@stemsystems.com -------- http://www.sysarch.com -- ----- Perl Code Review , Architecture, Development, Training, Support ------ --------- Gourmet Hot Cocoa Mix ---- http://bestfriendscocoa.com ---------