Can someone remind me why Perl needs to be more popular? What actual
problem will be solved? Are we running low on module developers? Running
low on core developers? Is the existing code-base evaporating? Are there
not enough t-shirt and book sales? How will we know when Perl is popular
5. Clean up CPAN. The egalitarian nature of CPAN is commendable.
However, quality and activity vary widely and redundancy is rampant. A
baitPerhaps we should require people to hold certifications before they
contribute code./
You are right about CPAN. CPAN's hugeness and uneven quality is
hi
( 05.03.01 14:21 -0500 ) Greg London:
What if O'Reilley (or someone) set up a website that
did free (or low cost) online certification?
what if you did that.
What it requires is a community spirit,
and a little bit of generousity from its
members to grant it the possibility of being.
i
John Saylor said:
hi
( 05.03.01 14:21 -0500 ) Greg London:
What if O'Reilley (or someone) set up a website that
did free (or low cost) online certification?
what if you did that.
brilliant. Rather than focus on the goal,
shift focus on how impossible it appears
to get there. never mind
hi
( 05.03.01 14:21 -0500 ) Greg London:
What if O'Reilley (or someone) set up a website that
did free (or low cost) online certification?
John Saylor said:
what if you did that.
( 05.03.01 15:59 -0500 ) Greg London:
brilliant. Rather than focus on the goal,
shift focus on how
John Saylor wrote:
( 05.03.01 14:21 -0500 ) Greg London:
What if O'Reilley (or someone) set up a website that
did free (or low cost) online certification?
John Saylor said:
what if you did that.
( 05.03.01 15:59 -0500 ) Greg London:
brilliant. Rather than focus on the goal,
Sean Quinlan said:
OK. Please bear with me as I think while I type (brainstorm). How many
under-employed Perl Mongers do we have in the Boston area who would be
willing to semi-volunteer?
Suggestions? Would anyone be interested in participating in this?
I did three in-house training
Greg London said:
After that, I wrote Impatient Perl as an attempt to
create a teach-yourself-perl-in-N-days book.
It's about 130 pages long. Still an intro to perl,
but takes the student/reader all teh way to
object oriented programming and advanced regular
expressions.
It's licensed
