On Tue, 2009-09-22 at 09:59 -0500, Bryan R Harris wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:09 PM, Randal L. Schwartz > > <mer...@stonehenge.com>wrote: > > > >> > >> Yup. I care when it might harm others. Otherwise, I tend not to > >> talk... plenty of other people here to give answers. I only doublecheck > >> answers anymore. > >> > > Yes, that is why this list gets 5 emails on average per day and other > > comparable language lists gets 40. > > Remember, correlation does not imply causality. > > Maybe people get answers faster here. Or the archives already answer most > questions. Or perl is easy enough to use that people don't have to ask a > lot of questions. > > I've gotten some seriously impressive responses to my questions and am 10x > the programmer I'd be without this list (though that may not be saying > much). > > > > Keep it up and the hollier-than-though's will have the list to > themselves eventually. > > The respect is earned. It wouldn't surprise me if Einstein didn't have > much patience for criticism from those with short resumes... > > - B
Volume isn't always quality. There are some lists around where a significant portion of the volume is the blind leading the blind. The rest is experts trying to clean up the mess. Here the emphasis seems to be a little more on not making a mess in the first place (ie, discouraging less than helpful answers). Both approaches have their place. FWIW, as a perl newbie I'm happy with the way things are done here. Given FOSS is supposed to be all about having fun, why don't we have a 'Friday Fun' challenge aimed at beginners? A once a week small coding challenge (posted by 'those that know'?) that should take no more than 5-10 mins covering 'Programming 101 in Perl' type material (ie, no deep magic!). Brownie points for any decent/reasonable solution posted by a beginner within 24 hours. Rotten eggs for those who do an 'elephant drowned in custard' type solution. With a bit of luck it might help those paddling in the baby pool to venture out a bit further. Another $0.02, Tim Bowden -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
