At 11:47 AM 11-30-2000 -0500, Bryan C. Warnock wrote:
>I forget who proposed it originally, but I thought it an excellent
>analogy, and
>an excellent model for Perl development. Like any tradecraft, there are
>masters, apprentices, and the common consumer. The apprentice shouldn't
>master, just as the common consumer shouldn't apprentice. Unfortunately,
>right
>now it's "choose your own category." I'll elect to choose low. I'm an "Perl
>apprentice wanna-be", in search of an opportunity to prove that I am
>apprentice
>material. (I think too many PAWBs are looking for opportunities to prove that
>they are master material. I'm not about to shoot myself in the foot that
>way.
>At least on purpose. Slap me around if I get too obnoxious.)
Here here! Is there a place where PAWB's can sign up?
I'm signed up for the -internals lists mainly as an educational
experience. It should be fascinating to see how a system as complex as
Perl 6 gets developed, even if I'm unable, through lack of skill, to
directly contribute. My hope is that if I'm not able to contribute to Perl
6, then I should have learned enough to be able to contribute to Perl 6.1
(or Perl 7, whichever is next).
>Apologies to David Grove: much longer winded this time....
>
> --
>Bryan C. Warnock
>RABA Technologies
