Re: thoughts and proposal for perl-newbies@perl.org

2001-04-13 Thread Uri Guttman
> "ABH" == Ask Bjoern Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I stress moderation in terms of moderating the answerers, weeding out >> flames and otherwise harsh negativity. I'm going to let the askers >> ask all they want. ABH> well, moderation requries that a moderator reads his mai

Re: thoughts and proposal for perl-newbies@perl.org

2001-04-13 Thread Ask Bjoern Hansen
On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Casey West wrote: > : Me too. And I like the idea of having a list for beginners at > : perl.org. It's far more likely to not go into maintenence rot than > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] :-) > > I firmly agree with the @perl.org part. I am happy to call the list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] '

Re: thoughts and proposal for perl-newbies@perl.org

2001-04-12 Thread Dan Brian
> Having been flamed away from Perlmonks, I've my doubts whether that's > an appropriate forum. Your experience is not an isolated one.

Re: thoughts and proposal for perl-newbies@perl.org

2001-04-12 Thread Abigail
On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 10:57:49AM +0530, Joel Divekar wrote: > > When I started Perl Programming (Jan 2001) I stumbled into PerlMonks.org Having been flamed away from Perlmonks, I've my doubts whether that's an appropriate forum. Abigail

Re: thoughts and proposal for perl-newbies@perl.org

2001-04-12 Thread Elaine -HFB- Ashton
Casey West [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] quoth: *> *>: If Casey volunteers to babysit [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or just *>: [EMAIL PROTECTED]?) then I can create it in a few moments. *> *>I *gulp* agree. ;-) There were 315 queries for perl-beginners on http://lists.cpan.org/ yesterday. I'd say you have interest

Re: thoughts and proposal for perl-newbies@perl.org

2001-04-11 Thread Joel Divekar
Hi List When I started Perl Programming (Jan 2001) I stumbled into PerlMonks.org and I became its member - Jamnet. I learned a lot from this site as I found this site good enough with required resources. My whole office is talking about this site and I personally feel that if there should be more

Re: thoughts and proposal for perl-newbies@perl.org

2001-04-11 Thread Casey West
On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 11:03:39AM -0400, John Porter wrote: : Casey West wrote: : > I stress moderation in terms of moderating the answerers, weeding out : > flames and otherwise harsh negativity. I'm going to let the askers : > ask all they want. : : The second question asked on this new list

Re: thoughts and proposal for perl-newbies@perl.org

2001-04-11 Thread John Porter
Casey West wrote: > I stress moderation in terms of moderating the answerers, weeding out > flames and otherwise harsh negativity. I'm going to let the askers > ask all they want. The second question asked on this new list will be: "I don't know PERL, but it looks like gibberish. Why shouldn

Re: thoughts and proposal for perl-newbies@perl.org

2001-04-11 Thread Casey West
On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 11:53:20PM -0700, Ask Bjoern Hansen wrote: : On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Andy Dougherty wrote: : : > > So I propose [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am willing to be the owner. : > : > There is (or at least was last time I checked) [EMAIL PROTECTED] : > I belonged to that for a while, and t

Re: thoughts and proposal for perl-newbies@perl.org

2001-04-11 Thread John Porter
Casey West wrote: > I aim to create a somewhat steril environment where everyone feels > comfortable just throwing it out there, without the possibility of > flame. No one is stopping you from doing this. In fact, no one stopped the half-dozen or so folks who did things just like this on Yahoo

Re: thoughts and proposal for perl-newbies@perl.org

2001-04-10 Thread Dan Brian
I hesitate to make comparisons, but I will anyway. I think the arguments along the lines of "we've done that already" are quite valid. However, I think Perl itself is at point in its lifespan where another attempt is a great idea. Many "newer languages" (no names) encourage and enjoy semi-officia

Re: thoughts and proposal for perl-newbies@perl.org

2001-04-10 Thread Casey West
On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 08:52:01PM -0400, Casey West wrote: :On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 03:19:05AM +0200, Abigail wrote: ::On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 08:04:42PM -0400, Casey West wrote: ::> On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 06:54:45PM -0600, Nathan Torkington wrote: ::> :Casey West writes: ::> :> So I propose [EM

Re: thoughts and proposal for perl-newbies@perl.org

2001-04-10 Thread Casey West
On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 03:19:05AM +0200, Abigail wrote: :On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 08:04:42PM -0400, Casey West wrote: :> On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 06:54:45PM -0600, Nathan Torkington wrote: :> :Casey West writes: :> :> So I propose [EMAIL PROTECTED] :> : :> :Sounds like PerlMonks in a mailing list,