> Mailing-List: contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]; run by ezmlm > Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2002 14:43:42 -0800 > From: Michael Lazzaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > We can make some guesses based on our own experiences, and they might be > close, except that I think we are a profoundly self-selected group. > There may be some knowledgeable people we can ask this of, given our > connections (and the fact that as Perl grows, so do the markets of > companies that teach and document Perl.) > > We might also want to put the question to the Perl public, in terms of > some quick online research (a questionnaire) -- Piers could announce it > in his summary, which would get us probably between 500-1000 responses. > (Still self-selected, but not nearly as bad.) > > MikeL
I teach Perl to sortof-programmers now, which, I imagine, is a lot of our audience. I've found it works very well to explain in terms of C (despite how much Perl is diverging from C). I guess when people see the samples they'll make the connection fairly quickly. But my point is that we shouldn't necessarily start too simply. Use without definition of words like "block" and "expression" should not be a problem. Of course, a glossary is always nice. A cross-referenced glossary is extra nice. Luke
