On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 11:38 PM, Chap Harrison <c...@pobox.com> wrote: > Then, add something to the effect that part of the purpose of > the list is to acquaint beginners with the culture of advanced, > professional programming;
Is that the purpose of this list? It's a beginner's list. I would expect the purpose to be to help absolute beginners out. The analogy that comes to mind involves skiing. When you take beginner skiing lessons they don't teach you advanced techniques. In fact, in my experience, they teach you wrong, albeit simpler, techniques in the beginning to get you comfortable. As you advance in your learning process you are eventually taught better ways of doing things when it becomes appropriate. I think this holds true in most aspects of life. I see no reason to assume that somebody taking beginners skiing lessons (or participating on a beginners list for Perl) necessarily has aspirations or intentions of becoming a professional. -- Brandon McCaig <http://www.bamccaig.com/> <bamcc...@gmail.com> V zrna gur orfg jvgu jung V fnl. Vg qbrfa'g nyjnlf fbhaq gung jnl. Castopulence Software <http://www.castopulence.org/> <bamcc...@castopulence.org> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
