Main general Perl mailing list

2014-02-12 Thread gvim
What is the main general Perl mailing list, ie. most active for general Perl questions? lists.perl.org has over 200 entries. gvim

Re: Main general Perl mailing list

2014-02-12 Thread Chris Devers
Is there a main general Perl mailing list? What's the actual question? -- Chris Devers

Re: Main general Perl mailing list

2014-02-12 Thread Dave Cross
Quoting gvim gvi...@gmail.com: What is the main general Perl mailing list, ie. most active for general Perl questions? lists.perl.org has over 200 entries. There isn't one. Perl mailing lists are all specialised in some way. Dave...

Re: Main general Perl mailing list

2014-02-12 Thread gvim
On 12/02/2014 15:38, Chris Devers wrote: Is there a main general Perl mailing list? What's the actual question? What is the main general Perl mailing list, ie. most active for general Perl questions? lists.perl.org has over 200 entries. gvim

Re: Main general Perl mailing list

2014-02-12 Thread Chris Devers
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 10:52 AM, gvim gvi...@gmail.com wrote: On 12/02/2014 15:38, Chris Devers wrote: Is there a main general Perl mailing list? What's the actual question? What is the main general Perl mailing list, ie. most active for general Perl questions? lists.perl.org has over

Re: Main general Perl mailing list

2014-02-12 Thread Dave Cross
Quoting gvim gvi...@gmail.com: On 12/02/2014 15:38, Chris Devers wrote: Is there a main general Perl mailing list? What's the actual question? What is the main general Perl mailing list, ie. most active for general Perl questions? lists.perl.org has over 200 entries. I've answered that.

Re: Main general Perl mailing list

2014-02-12 Thread Tom Hukins
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 11:08:28AM -0500, Chris Devers wrote: On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 10:52 AM, gvim gvi...@gmail.com wrote: What is the main general Perl mailing list, ie. most active for general Perl questions? lists.perl.org has over 200 entries. That's it? This is purely a surveying

Re: Main general Perl mailing list

2014-02-12 Thread Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
Mailing lists kind of suck for most question/answer sequences; what they are good at is discussion (witness this thread). For general perl questions, http://perlmonks.org/?node=Seekers+of+Perl+Wisdom or stackoverflow. On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 8:22 AM, Tom Hukins t...@eborcom.com wrote: On Wed,

Re: Main general Perl mailing list

2014-02-12 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
...or the IRC channels for the thing you're having problems with. On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 5:08 PM, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes sthoe...@gmail.com wrote: Mailing lists kind of suck for most question/answer sequences; what they are good at is discussion (witness this thread). For general perl

Re: Main general Perl mailing list

2014-02-12 Thread Sue Spence
Try stackoverflow or perl monks rather than a list. On 12 Feb 2014 15:28, gvim gvi...@gmail.com wrote: What is the main general Perl mailing list, ie. most active for general Perl questions? lists.perl.org has over 200 entries. gvim

Re: Main general Perl mailing list

2014-02-12 Thread Steve Mynott
On 12 February 2014 17:08, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes sthoe...@gmail.com wrote: Mailing lists kind of suck for most question/answer sequences; what they are good at is discussion (witness this thread). For general perl questions, http://perlmonks.org/?node=Seekers+of+Perl+Wisdom or

Re: Main general Perl mailing list

2014-02-12 Thread Paul Makepeace
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 9:17 AM, Dave Hodgkinson daveh...@gmail.com wrote: ...or the IRC channels for the thing you're having problems with. Some people, when confronted with a problem, think I know, I'll ask on IRC. Now they have two problems. :)

Re: Main general Perl mailing list

2014-02-12 Thread Sue Spence
On 12 February 2014 19:15, Paul Makepeace pa...@paulm.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 9:17 AM, Dave Hodgkinson daveh...@gmail.com wrote: ...or the IRC channels for the thing you're having problems with. Some people, when confronted with a problem, think I know, I'll ask on IRC. Now

smutty british expression?

2014-02-12 Thread Uri Guttman
hi all, i am sure the subject got your attention. i read an article about the beatles sense of humor (50th year since they invaded the states is big here). it mentioned a line from penny lane: a four of fish and finger pies the article author said it was a somewhat smutty british

Re: smutty british expression?

2014-02-12 Thread Andrew Beattie
a four of fish and finger pies the article author said it was a somewhat smutty british expression. any of you smutty brits care to elucidate? The Wiki seems to have the answer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_Lane#Context Andrew

Re: smutty british expression?

2014-02-12 Thread Dave Cross
On 13/02/14 06:52, Uri Guttman wrote: hi all, i am sure the subject got your attention. i read an article about the beatles sense of humor (50th year since they invaded the states is big here). it mentioned a line from penny lane: a four of fish and finger pies the article author said

Perl today

2014-02-12 Thread Steve Mynott
http://www.perl.com/pub/2014/02/perl-today-february-2014.html