>On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Peter Scott <pe...@psdt.com> wrote:
> > I figure it's worth reminding folks here at least once a year or so of > how > > and why this group got created. The data is rather old, but nothing has > > superseded it and it contain no expiration date. However, the moderators > > mentioned in it appear to have been inactive for some time. > My first experience with this list is neatly summed up in the "The Way We Were" section of the article by Casey. But I did have the added bonus of being called a liar. >>>On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Randal L. Schwartz < mer...@stonehenge.com> wrote: >If you imply that you have a proven solution, you are lying to them. I ask >that you don't lie in that way. This was a comment on code that was tested, it worked and the person I helped thanked me for the working code, but I was asked not to lie by someone who did not even investigate the original posts. (yes I know dead horse but a good example). My sin was that I was not a perfect coder. What kept me coming back to this list however, and what kept me from jumping ship to python or ruby was the support I received from numerous other contributors (Mike, Ray, Paul and Peter to name but a few) who were shocked at the treatment I received from some of the more "respected" members of this list. And I'm very thankful to them. But as a perl beginner I had a very rude awakening, and day after day I see other newbies get almost the same treatment. To them I want to say: Hang in there, ignore the preaching posts and use the teaching posts. Ian
