Re: beginners@perl.org and netiquette

2013-07-14 Thread Luca Ferrari
On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 5:55 PM, David Christensen wrote: > Someone wrote: >> >> Can you please make the subject line read like a Perl topic rather than a >> personal message in future? > > Cirrect! > People posting on beginners@perl.org can be beginners with mail

beginners@perl.org and netiquette

2013-07-14 Thread David Christensen
Someone wrote: Can you please make the subject line read like a Perl topic rather than a personal message in future? http://lists.perl.org/list/beginners.html states: A list for beginning Perl programmers to ask questions in a friendly atmosphere. People posting on beginners

Fwd: Re: OT pedagogy and the beginners@perl.org mailing list

2013-06-16 Thread David Christensen
I wrote: Rheotorical question -- which program would you rather write? 1. 1,000 lines of assembly. 2. 100 lines of C. 3. 10 lines of Java. 4. 1 line of Perl. Someone wrote: > If this is your best point... I believe this is one of Perl's best points. :-) As I understand it, Perl is not a

OT pedagogy and the beginners@perl.org mailing list

2013-06-14 Thread David Christensen
On 06/13/13 22:55, Shlomi Fish wrote: That's nice and dandy, but please don't publish the products of your "one-liners turned into scripts" here without cleaning them up first, because there are beginners on this mailing list who need to learn good practices from the code and posts here, and code

Re: GOODBYE from beginners@perl.org

2010-08-12 Thread tom arnall
On Thursday 12 August 2010 22:14:56 beginners-h...@perl.org wrote: > Hi! This is the ezmlm program. I'm managing the > beginners@perl.org mailing list. > > I'm working for my owner, who can be reached > at beginners-ow...@perl.org. > > Acknowledgment: I have rem

AW: WELCOME to beginners@perl.org

2009-08-21 Thread Thomas Bätzler
Ajay Kumar asked: > Gesendet: Freitag, 21. August 2009 12:23 > An: beginners@perl.org > Betreff: RE: WELCOME to beginners@perl.org > > Hi All > > I have great issues > > 1) perl -e '$a=0.123451005;$a=sprintf("%.8f",$a);print"=$a\n";' &g

RE: WELCOME to beginners@perl.org

2009-08-21 Thread Ajay Kumar
ay -Original Message- From: beginners-h...@perl.org [mailto:beginners-h...@perl.org] Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 3:43 PM To: Ajay Kumar Subject: WELCOME to beginners@perl.org Hi! This is the ezmlm program. I'm managing the beginners@perl.org mailing list. I'm working for my owner, w

Re: Usenet messages are appearing on beginners@perl.org [perl #43141]

2007-06-11 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> ""Mumia" == "Mumia W " writes: "Mumia> I apologize to the list owner and everyone else. There are several "Mumia> news-to-mail gateways that place onto beginners[at]perl.org, and they've been "Mumia> doing it for at least a year. The problem is on my end. "Mumia> A few simple additional f

Re: Usenet messages are appearing on beginners@perl.org

2007-06-11 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
>>>>> "kens" == kens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: kens> "The group you are posting to is a Usenet group. Messages posted to kens> this group will make your email address visible to anyone on the kens> Internet." And Google Groups once again blu

Re: Usenet messages are appearing on beginners@perl.org [perl #43141]

2007-06-08 Thread Mumia W..
On 06/08/2007 07:57 AM, Peter Scott wrote: On Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:54:16 -0500, Mumia W. wrote: Are you sure that's not nntp.perl.org? Thunderbird says it can't connect to news.perl.org, and nntp.perl.org does not seem to allow posting. You're right. I'm always making that mistake. No probl

Re: Usenet messages are appearing on beginners@perl.org [perl #43141]

2007-06-08 Thread Peter Scott
On Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:54:16 -0500, Mumia W. wrote: > Are you sure that's not nntp.perl.org? Thunderbird says it can't connect > to news.perl.org, and nntp.perl.org does not seem to allow posting. You're right. I'm always making that mistake. -- Peter Scott http://www.perlmedic.com/ http://www

Re: Usenet messages are appearing on beginners@perl.org [perl #43141]

2007-06-07 Thread Brad Baxter
On Jun 7, 4:42 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mumia W.) wrote: > I hope that the list managers can stop Google's messages from making it > to the mailing list. Personally, I hope not. I'm one of those Luddites who uses Google Groups. I don't have a particular opinion about keeping usenet/mailing lists/ w

Re: Usenet messages are appearing on beginners@perl.org [perl #43141]

2007-06-07 Thread Mumia W.
G2/1.0" (Google Groups). I'm assuming this is the source of the duplicate messages I asked about a few weeks back? Tom Perhaps. Many of the Google Groups messages seem to have a To: header like so: To: beginners@perl.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] That header wa

Re: Usenet messages are appearing on beginners@perl.org [perl #43141]

2007-06-07 Thread Tom Yarrish
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Jun 7, 2007, at 3:42 AM, Mumia W. wrote: Only part is on my end*. I have to apologize again. I was right the first time. Something of significance with respect to Google Groups and beginners[at] perl.org happened on May 25th. Before May

Re: Usenet messages are appearing on beginners@perl.org [perl #43141]

2007-06-07 Thread Mumia W.
On 06/06/2007 11:37 PM, Mumia W. wrote: On 06/06/2007 07:54 PM, Mumia W. wrote: [...] This seems to have started around the 23rd of May. No it didn't. I apologize to the list owner and everyone else. There are several news-to-mail gateways that place onto beginners[at]perl.org, and they've

Re: Usenet messages are appearing on beginners@perl.org [perl #43141]

2007-06-07 Thread Mumia W.
On 06/07/2007 01:30 AM, Dr.Ruud wrote: "Mumia W." schreef: nntp.perl.org does not seem to allow posting. To me it does. I don't know how reliable it is, but I have been posting and follow-upping :) via that server for quite some time now. Yes, I just noticed. Nntp.perl.org seems to impose

Re: Usenet messages are appearing on beginners@perl.org

2007-06-06 Thread Mumia W.
On 06/06/2007 11:23 AM, kens wrote: [...] Am I banished forever? Ken Slater Don't worry. No one is banished. There is a configuration problem, and the more I look into it, the more I think it's related to Google. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail:

Re: Usenet messages are appearing on beginners@perl.org [perl #43141]

2007-06-06 Thread Dr.Ruud
"Mumia W." schreef: > nntp.perl.org does not seem to allow posting. To me it does. I don't know how reliable it is, but I have been posting and follow-upping :) via that server for quite some time now. -- Affijn, Ruud "Gewoon is een tijger." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

Re: Usenet messages are appearing on beginners@perl.org [perl #43141]

2007-06-06 Thread Mumia W.
On 06/06/2007 07:54 PM, Mumia W. wrote: [...] This seems to have started around the 23rd of May. No it didn't. I apologize to the list owner and everyone else. There are several news-to-mail gateways that place onto beginners[at]perl.org, and they've been doing it for at least a year. The

Re: Usenet messages are appearing on beginners@perl.org [perl #43141]

2007-06-06 Thread Mumia W.
On 06/06/2007 08:36 AM, Peter Scott wrote: On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:03:09 -0500, Mumia W. wrote: A horrible thing has happened recently. Messages from usenet seem to be appearing here. I remember that messages posted to the list were reflected to the newsgroup perl.beginners, but newsgroup post

Re: Usenet messages are appearing on beginners@perl.org

2007-06-06 Thread kens
On Jun 6, 9:36 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Scott) wrote: > On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:03:09 -0500, Mumia W. wrote: > > A horrible thing has happened recently. > > > Messages from usenet seem to be appearing here. > > > I remember that messages posted to the list were reflected to the > > newsgroup per

Re: Usenet messages are appearing on beginners@perl.org

2007-06-06 Thread Peter Scott
On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:03:09 -0500, Mumia W. wrote: > A horrible thing has happened recently. > > Messages from usenet seem to be appearing here. > > I remember that messages posted to the list were reflected to the > newsgroup perl.beginners, but newsgroup posts to perl.beginners didn't > seem

Re: Usenet messages are appearing on beginners@perl.org

2007-06-06 Thread Mumia W.
On 06/05/2007 10:36 PM, Chas Owens wrote: On 6/5/07, Mumia W. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: A horrible thing has happened recently. Messages from usenet seem to be appearing here. snip Some of the junk that goes on on usenet doesn't need to happen here. snip The method of connecting to the lis

Re: Usenet messages are appearing on beginners@perl.org

2007-06-05 Thread Chas Owens
On 6/5/07, Mumia W. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: A horrible thing has happened recently. Messages from usenet seem to be appearing here. snip Some of the junk that goes on on usenet doesn't need to happen here. snip The method of connecting to the list shouldn't matter. We have standards of c

Re: Usenet messages are appearing on beginners@perl.org

2007-06-05 Thread Paul Lalli
On Jun 5, 7:03 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mumia W.) wrote: > People who want usenet should subscribe to usenet newsgroups. I > shouldn't have to see usenet happen on a mailing list I like. Whoever is > in charge, I implore you to change the configuration of the maillist so > that these usenet message

Re: Usenet messages are appearing on beginners@perl.org

2007-06-05 Thread Steve Bertrand
Mumia W. wrote: > A horrible thing has happened recently. > > Messages from usenet seem to be appearing here. > > I remember that messages posted to the list were reflected to the > newsgroup perl.beginners, but newsgroup posts to perl.beginners didn't > seem to show up here. Now they do :_( > >

Usenet messages are appearing on beginners@perl.org

2007-06-05 Thread Mumia W.
A horrible thing has happened recently. Messages from usenet seem to be appearing here. I remember that messages posted to the list were reflected to the newsgroup perl.beginners, but newsgroup posts to perl.beginners didn't seem to show up here. Now they do :_( I hope this is just a configu

Re: WELCOME to beginners@perl.org

2005-09-28 Thread Dave Gray
On 9/28/05, Ryan Frantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just for giggles, I'm gonna assume that you're using PPM (you gave > nothing else to go on)... > > I've only installed this particular module using ActiveState's 'ppm' > myself; it seems to have problems with the '::' in module names. If ppm > c

Re: WELCOME to beginners@perl.org

2005-09-28 Thread getmurali
On Wednesday 28 September 2005 21:40, Chris Devers wrote: download http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/K/KW/KWITKNR/Spreadsheet-ParseExcel-0.2603.tar.gz unzip: tar zxf Spreadsheet-ParseExcel-0.2603.tar.gz cd Spreadsheet-ParseExcel-0.2603 perl Makefile.PL make make install you are done mu

Re: WELCOME to beginners@perl.org

2005-09-28 Thread Chris Devers
On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, Rob Coops wrote: > Even though the last email was funny I guess that is not what the person > asking the questions was after. > On the other hand a little more detail than the statement: "It does not > work" would be very helpful. Things people usualy want to know when troubl

Re: WELCOME to beginners@perl.org

2005-09-28 Thread Rob Coops
Even though the last email was funny I guess that is not what the person asking the questions was after. On the other hand a little more detail than the statement: "It does not work" would be very helpful. Things people usualy want to know when trouble shooting is: - OS - Which version did

RE: WELCOME to beginners@perl.org

2005-09-28 Thread Ryan Frantz
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 12:08 PM > To: beginners@perl.org > Subject: Re: WELCOME to beginners@perl.org > > Any idea how to install Spreadsheet::ParseExcel? Just for giggles,

RE: WELCOME to beginners@perl.org

2005-09-28 Thread Gomez, Juan
PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 11:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Perl Beginners List Subject: Re: WELCOME to beginners@perl.org On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Any idea how to install Spreadsheet::ParseExcel? Yes. > I've downed loaded the required modules, b

Re: WELCOME to beginners@perl.org

2005-09-28 Thread Chris Devers
On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Any idea how to install Spreadsheet::ParseExcel? Yes. > I've downed loaded the required modules, but > it still does not seem to work. Bummer. > Are there clear instructions anywhere? Yes. -- Chris Devers 9™wkö¦QC½lD“ -- To unsubscribe,

Re: WELCOME to beginners@perl.org

2005-09-28 Thread dmitrik
bject: WELCOME to beginners@perl.org Hi! This is the ezmlm program. I'm managing the beginners@perl.org mailing list. I'm working for my owner, who can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Acknowledgment: I have added the address [EMAIL PROTECTED] to the beginners mailing list. Welcome to [

RE: date stamps, was Re: beginners@perl.org

2004-10-23 Thread Chris Devers
On Sat, 23 Oct 2004, Maxipoint Rep Office wrote: > <>>> > Please use a useful subject line. > > RE: sorry my error.. No big deal, just try to be mindful about it :-) > > On Sat, 23 Oct 2004, Maxipoint Rep Office wrote: > > > > > how create 'date stamp' on much simpler way.. > > > > Simple

RE: date stamps, was Re: beginners@perl.org

2004-10-23 Thread Maxipoint Rep Office
<>>> Please use a useful subject line. RE: sorry my error.. On Sat, 23 Oct 2004, Maxipoint Rep Office wrote: > how create 'date stamp' on much simpler way.. Simpler than what? $ perl -le '$now = localtime; print $now' Sat Oct 23 15:14:42 2004 $ What would be simpler than that?

date stamps, was Re: beginners@perl.org

2004-10-23 Thread Chris Devers
Please use a useful subject line. On Sat, 23 Oct 2004, Maxipoint Rep Office wrote: > how create 'date stamp' on much simpler way.. Simpler than what? $ perl -le '$now = localtime; print $now' Sat Oct 23 15:14:42 2004 $ What would be simpler than that? > I need 'date stamp' readed

beginners@perl.org

2004-10-23 Thread Maxipoint Rep Office
how create 'date stamp' on much simpler way.. I need 'date stamp' readed and I'll after that with html::temp print out on the html.. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: WELCOME to beginners@perl.org

2002-12-31 Thread Rob Dixon
Hi Frank See in-line. "Frank Naude" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi, > > Can somebody please help me to get this code fixed? Since I've moved the > DB_File "tie" and "untie" functions to sub's, data is never written to the > database. I've tr

tied hash passing (was RE: WELCOME to beginners@perl.org)

2002-12-31 Thread Jenda Krynicky
From: "Frank Naude" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject:RE: WELCOME to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date sent: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 15:39:55 +0200 How's this related to the welcome message??? > Can somebody please help me to get

RE: WELCOME to beginners@perl.org

2002-12-31 Thread Frank Naude
Hi, Can somebody please help me to get this code fixed? Since I've moved the DB_File "tie" and "untie" functions to sub's, data is never written to the database. I've tried both call-by-refeence and call-by-value methods without any luck. use strict; use DB_File; sub openDB { my %db; tie(%db,

Re: are all emails to beginners@perl.org stored somewhere?

2001-07-23 Thread Kevin Meltzer
Sure are. Visit the FAQ at http://learn.perl.org/beginners-faq and look at question 1.4 Cheers, Kevin On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 08:36:16AM -0700, Giridhar nandikotkur ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spew-ed forth: > Hi anyone > > Are all the emails to [EMAIL PROTECTED] stored > somewhere that one can access

are all emails to beginners@perl.org stored somewhere?

2001-07-23 Thread Giridhar nandikotkur
Hi anyone Are all the emails to [EMAIL PROTECTED] stored somewhere that one can access? thank you Giri __ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-m

Re: How to stop mails from beginners@perl.org

2001-06-20 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Nigel" == Nigel Wetters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Nigel> Some people have obviously lost the first email they received Nigel> from this list, so here's a recap. Nigel> To unsubscribe to the list, you need to send an email to a Nigel> special email address that is formed partly from YOUR

How to stop mails from beginners@perl.org

2001-06-20 Thread Nigel Wetters
Some people have obviously lost the first email they received from this list, so here's a recap. To unsubscribe to the list, you need to send an email to a special email address that is formed partly from YOUR OWN email address. For example, if your email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED], you shou