Re: Advanced Users in The Beginners List

--- Yasen Petrov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > > I think there's too many andvanced users here who ask DBI questions. I can't > understand anything. Perl.beginners and perl.beginners.cgi are both too > overloaded. Noone can read 80 massages a day, in it? I mean perl.beginners. > There

Re: Advanced Users in The Beginners List

Good point, Ovid. Consider too that if one excludes the experienced programmer, many questions will go unanswered or may be answered incompletely or incorrectly. The coders with the experience have seen most of it and know quite a few tricks. They are an invaluable resource. I wouldn't want th

Re: Advanced Users in The Beginners List

My two cents: "Beginner" is less a classification of subject matter than of ability to figure out the answer on one's own. I, for one, had to learn perl, and learn it quickly, on the job. This put me in a position where I was using DBI and a handful of modules before I'd had time to finish _L

Re: Advanced Users in The Beginners List

On Saturday, June 29, 2002, at 08:08 , George Thomas wrote: [..] > Consider too that if one excludes the experienced programmer, many > questions will go unanswered or may be answered incompletely or > incorrectly. The coders with the experience have seen most of it and know > quite a few tric

RE: Advanced Users in The Beginners List

uently pointed out...) -Dan >-Original Message- >From: George Thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 8:09 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Advanced Users in The Beginners List > > >Good point, Ovid. > >Consider too that if on

Re: Advanced Users in The Beginners List

on Sat, 29 Jun 2002 15:08:40 GMT, George Thomas wrote: > Yasen, you might want to consider changing your subscription to the > digest form if large quantities of messages are a problem. Or get yourself a decent newsreader and point it to nntp.perl.org. -- felix -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EM

Re: Advanced Users in The Beginners List

I sympathize with Yasen since I have the exact same problem. I often find that I delete most of the messages before I read them due to the overwhelming numbers. btw, thanks for the link Felix there is now a webinterface for the archives so one doesnt need a newsreader http://nntp.x.perl.org/grou

Re: Advanced Users in The Beginners List

on Sat, 29 Jun 2002 18:16:21 GMT, Ronnie Livingston wrote: > I sympathize with Yasen since I have the exact same problem. I often > find that I delete most of the messages before I read them due to the > overwhelming numbers. btw, thanks for the link Felix there is now a > webinterface for the

Re: Advanced Users in The Beginners List

> A decent newsreader does more than just allow you to read. It keeps track > of which messages you already read, it only downloads headers and so you > can choose which bodies to retrieve, it lets you post and reply, score the > articles and you can setup a killfile. > ah I see, any recommendati

Re: Advanced Users in The Beginners List

on Sun, 30 Jun 2002 00:20:55 GMT, Ronnie Livingston wrote: > > ah I see, any recommendations? > This depends on your platform, of course. gives pointers to software for Unix, Windows and Mac. I am using Xnews on Win32. -- felix -- To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Posting Perl Questions - was Re: Advanced Users in The Beginners List

On Saturday, June 29, 2002, at 11:16 , Ronnie Livingston wrote: > I have a question though, will someone still be able to post to the list > if they are no longer subscribed to them?? An Interesting problem - What I do is have my mail filter my lists into the requisite folders and then go at t

RE: Posting Perl Questions - was Re: Advanced Users in The Beginners List

tems about something you don't care about just to find out if someone responded to your message. -Original Message- From: Tirthankar C. Patnaik To: drieux Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 6/29/02 11:18 PM Subject: Re: Posting Perl Questions - was Re: Advanced Users in The Beginners List >