At 05:56 PM 10/2/01 -0400, Brett W. McCoy wrote:
>On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Zander Collier wrote:
>
> > With all due respect, if you're going to discuss the minutae,
> > nuances, and other "advanced" Perl stuff, could you please do
> > so on another list?
>
>I'm inclined to agree... however, I think it is helpful for beginners also
>to be amongst more advanced conversation to get a better feel for the
>language, even if they can't follow a lot of it, without being stuck on
>one of the really advanced lists (like perl-porters or perl-friends).
While this is true, it's seldom clear to the beginner when this list has
diverted to esoterica. It's *critical* for a beginner to know what they
*don't* need to pay attention to at the beginning, and we do them a
disservice by commingling easy and not-so-easy stuff.
So I'd back Zander, and ask people who want to get into advanced stuff to
take it somewhere like comp.lang.perl.{misc,moderated}. There are plenty
of places for intermediate or advanced talk, but precious few for the beginner.
--
Peter Scott
Pacific Systems Design Technologies
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