I can't see those acronyms working because a beginner is just going to ask
the question - and at best they're going to try and guess what acronym to
use with their limited knowledge of Perl and limited perspective with which
to make a worthwhile guess
and if you continue to do what you're doing - ie. changing the subject of
the original message by adding your acronym prefix - then you break some
mail readers which sort or group based on the subject
now .. admittedly - those mail readers could be said to be broken .. but
some of us (me) don't have a big choice (because we're contractors on
standard platforms) and it alienates us :(
--
jason king
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Preece [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Mon 23 Apr 2001 20:43
>To: Casey West
>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: RE: [RFC] Gauntlet for teachers
>
>
>Could we also agree a suitable acronym for all Perl Questions
>and replies.
>I suggest [BPQ] for Beginners Perl Question.
>That way people can set-up an email folder and move them using a rule.
>This would go at the start of the subject line.
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: 21 April 2001 00:11
>To: Casey West
>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re:[RFC] Gauntlet for teachers
>
>
>--- Casey West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I am quite pleased with the list so far. I have a further challenge
>> for all the teachers out there:
>>
>> Let's create mini tutorials. The note about hashes tripped my memory
>> of wanting to do this. I read about one on sort that should be here
>> soon. :)
>
>A good idea. Let's try this: if someone wants a specific tutorial that
>they think would be generically useful to others as well, post the
>request with [TUT] in the subject. If someone wants to tackle it, there
>you go. That way if we're forgetting something, someone can point it
>out quickly.
>
>> Information like: reading passwords from the command prompt; taking
>> advantage of Perl's looping constructs; when should and array really
>> be a hash; etc. These tutorials should probably correlate with
>> surrounding discussion. We can then have quite a nice repository to
>> further assist the growth and development of this list.
>>
>> Write up tutorials, send them to the list and Cc: me. I'll bug some
>> folks about creating beginners.perl.org where I'll post them, along
>> with a FAQ and some other info.
>>
>> Let me know what you think!
>>
>> --
>> Casey West
>
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