On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 03:57:15PM -0400, Uri Guttman wrote: > >>>>> "PJ" == Paul Johnson <p...@pjcj.net> writes: > > PJ> On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 01:56:38PM -0400, Uri Guttman wrote: > >> XS is anything BUT a beginner question. > > PJ> I don't know about that. > > PJ> Obviously fewer perl beginners nowadays are familiar with C than used to > PJ> be the case, but this list has traditionally been welcoming of questions > PJ> that might be considered only peripherally on topic. I see no reason to > PJ> change that policy. Of course the number of people qualified to answer > PJ> such questions may not be as great, but it would be sad to see this list > PJ> reduced to quoting sections of perlfunc. > > given the current list volume, i would like to keep xs and guts and some > other topics (say catalyst, anything inside a damian module, etc. :) off > this list.
Current list volume is a fraction of what it has been. And we all have things we would like. I'd quite like people to use correct punctuation so that I can more easily read their messages but I don't suppose it will happen. > there are plenty of other resources for perl help out there > but this is the only one aimed at beginners. I'm simply suggesting that your idea of what is welcome here is more narrow than has traditionally been the case. And in the end it doesn't really matter what you, I or anyone else thinks. In general, people coming here with their first question aren't going to read the FAQ or search the list archives to find out whether their question is on topic. If they are learning Perl, are using it to solve a problem and have run into difficulties, then they will post here. And that is as it should be. > yes, we do quote the docs > often but sometimes that is needed as finding the right part to quote > can be subtly tricky. that is also why i like to teach how to read the > perl docs and which ones to read. that should be in an FAQ or list rules > this i once brought up and should be posted here regularly. i don't have > the time to edit that up. Casey and/or Ask (I think) used to post the FAQ here regularly. I presume it was automated. I don't think it would require major work to bring it up to date. Provided that you didn't want to make major changes to it. -- Paul Johnson - p...@pjcj.net http://www.pjcj.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
