Re: Compare and Contrast

2000-12-15 Thread Dean S Wilson
From: Simon Wistow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Anyway, one is an email claiming that a t-shirt will destroy years of >work getting Perl accepted by American corporations and the other is a >widely read Web techniques column by the same author at >http://www.stonehenge.com/perl/amihooternot > >Failing to

RE: Compare and Contrast

2000-12-15 Thread Dave Mee
> Anyway, one is an email claiming that a t-shirt will destroy years of > work getting Perl accepted by American corporations and the other is a > widely read Web techniques column by the same author at > http://www.stonehenge.com/perl/amihooternot > > Failing to see why t-shirts were offensive n

Re: Compare and Contrast

2000-12-15 Thread Jonathan Stowe
On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Simon Wistow wrote: > > Anyway, one is an email claiming that a t-shirt will destroy years of > work getting Perl accepted by American corporations and the other is a > widely read Web techniques column by the same author at > http://www.stonehenge.com/perl/amihooternot > >

Re: Compare and Contrast

2000-12-16 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Jonathan Stowe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I am beginning to wonder if it is possible to reconstruct this exchange > from the beginning - there are obviously things being crossposted out of > (void) that I never saw. Maybe we ought to get this all in one big > archive. > and then do what,

Re: Compare and Contrast

2000-12-18 Thread Simon Wistow
Jonathan Stowe wrote: > I am beginning to wonder if it is possible to reconstruct this exchange > from the beginning - there are obviously things being crossposted out of > (void) that I never saw. Maybe we ought to get this all in one big > archive. We'd need someone with complete archives of

Re: Compare and Contrast

2000-12-18 Thread Simon Wistow
Greg McCarroll wrote: > and then do what, torch it? What! And pass up the oppurtunity for more mischief? Never! I'll not rest until I've been thoroughly ostracised by the perl community and I can work safely in Java. Or Python. Or VB. Without fear of ridicule. Ok maybe not VB. Even VB programm

Re: Compare and Contrast

2000-12-18 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Simon Wistow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Jonathan Stowe wrote: > > > I am beginning to wonder if it is possible to reconstruct this exchange > > from the beginning - there are obviously things being crossposted out of > > (void) that I never saw. Maybe we ought to get this all in one big > >

Re: Compare and Contrast

2000-12-18 Thread Simon Wistow
Greg McCarroll wrote: > ah, but will you include this discussion as well? And will that discussion, include this discussion and will that have an effect on the future if I go back into the past and ... no, I'm sorry, I've gone cross eyed.

Re: Compare and Contrast

2000-12-18 Thread Paul Mison
On 18/12/2000 at 10:19 +, Simon Wistow wrote: >Jonathan Stowe wrote: > >> I am beginning to wonder if it is possible to reconstruct this exchange >> from the beginning - there are obviously things being crossposted out of >> (void) that I never saw. Maybe we ought to get this all in one big >

Re: Compare and Contrast

2000-12-18 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Simon Wistow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Greg McCarroll wrote: > > > ah, but will you include this discussion as well? > > And will that discussion, include this discussion and will that have an > effect on the future if I go back into the past and can i play Jonny B. Goode now? -- Greg M

Re: Compare and Contrast

2000-12-18 Thread David H. Adler
On Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 10:19:20AM +, Simon Wistow wrote: > > We'd need someone with complete archives of (void), London.pm, > yapc::europe and possibly YAS mailing lists from around July 10th > (although tehre are mails from July 7th which is weird 'cos I hadn't > posted the announcement by