Nicholas Clark wrote: > >An IRC channel is good for discussions. But it doesn't archive them, >index them, collate them and provide them as reference for any new >would be recruits. I'm not saying that anyone has to write the docs, or >even the skeleton of the docs for their code - everyone and anyone can just >keep writing code if they so feel. But if they do just write code without >any form of overview documentation, then they're still going to be writing >code for a long time to come, because they won't recruit many helpers. > >Nicholas Clark >
Yes, - and here seems like a good opportunity :-) =Q can we could invent a super-lightweight markup language that #parrot-eers would type into the stream to put meta-info into it ? , If we could devise a sufficiently easy markup scheme, then it becomes possible/worthwhile to automate a irc-channel semantic-packetizer which just parses on the markup. .. =ex Im trying one on for size right now. started by a pod-esq symbol, and either ended by a bare period, or continued by a bare comma; the =q above does both. (how about =? , nope =q easier tottype .. =ex.refined. Of course, above could get a bit clumzy, all that whitespace. so we can use paragraph chunking, with ^=(\w+)(?:\.\s*)? to find the now-embedded pod. =Q Anyone know of a formalizm that labels the conversational elements of a dialog ? something a little deeper than question, answer. a decent punt is to rate chunks on one or more scales. newbieness = 1-10 repeated-q = 1-10 we could have =q. nb=5,rq=8 as a kind of geek code that refers to stuff just upstream, giving it a kind of rating. it suggests a voting scheme that could devolve (quite) a bit, turning #parrot into an unpleasant psychological experience, but Im sure your friendly #parroteers wont do that. (and the channel server could filter the =markup) its worth pointing out that rq (repeated-question) has some value, esp if it can be found and linked. rq=10.yesterday-10am-est =ex consider how you would might grade an essay - on its elements. spelling=3, gramatics=9 flow=0 intro= elaboration= example= inference= conclusion= =q. wonder whats on CPAN ? :-) Net::IRC::Daemon ?? podlators ?? Pod:: =cutpaste extraneous example, presumably would demonstrate bug in context.. [jimc@harpo jimc]$ perl -v This is perl, v5.8.0 built for i686-linux-thread-multi (with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail) Copyright 1987-2002, Larry Wall Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit. Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'. If you have access to the Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl Home Page. [jimc@harpo jimc]$
