The idea of discussion summaries has been well received, so I'm going to push forward with a few. I invite everyone here to join in.
The idea is *not* that Miko writes summaries of every thread. The idea is that the proponent of an idea, or someone very interested in an idea, writes a summary as a clean final presentation of the idea and its reception. Submitting a summary of your pet proposed feature is a good way to put the idea in front of the decision makers. You can show off your idea without the clutter of endless detailed commentary. That being said, you still need to present a balanced summary of the all opinions, including those you disagree with. The summaries will be located at http://www.idocs.com/perl6/ Here's how to submit a summary. Use the template at http://www.idocs.com/perl6/template.html . The HTML is set to use the stylesheets on my server, so you can edit the summary on your own machine and submit it once it's clean and ready. Email the summary to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] The summary should be written after discussion of the idea has winded down. I won't announce in the list the appearance of individual summaries, but I will occasionally post a list of new summaries. I'll be starting with three of my own favorites: vrep (http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg09684.html), the monolithic "Loop controls" thread (http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg09684.html), and named params in subroutines (http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg09551.html). -Miko Miko O'Sullivan Programmer Analyst Rescue Mission of Roanoke
