The FAQs at *.perl.com or *.perldoc.com are helpful, but seemingly limited. Of the questions that regularly appear on this list (aka "frequently asked questions")...how many of them can be answered by something at: http://www.perl.com/pub/q/FAQs ?
The FAQs at www.perl.com are not for "beginner" perl people (IMO). How many beginners have asked: Can I get a BNF/yacc/RE for the Perl language? How can I tell if a variable is tainted? How can I output Roman numerals? Additionally, I think the origanization of those FAQs is next to useless. How is a beginner supposed to know that a question like "How do I remove HTML from a string?" is under the "networking" section (doesn't CGI or HTML make more sense?)...and a question on "How do I clear the screen?" is under "System Interaction"? Yes, I know there is a search function on the web page...but when I search for something simple like "open file", "read file", or even "roman numbers/numerals (see above)" turns up no referenes. Hmmm...just venting... Russell J Foster Subject, Wills, & Company e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] v. 630-572-0240 > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Benware [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 2:12 PM > To: Beginners perl > Subject: Re: Perl FAQ > > > Russ Foster wrote: > > > > Speaking of FAQs, is there a Perl FAQ...maybe something from this > > newsgroup? > > > > This is not a newsgroup, it's an email discussion list. > > The *list* doesn't have a FAQ of it's own although there has > been a bit of talk regarding creating one. And a few of us > have created helpful web pages. > > > > I have found the FAQS on www.perl.com to be completely useless to a > > beginner. > > I would agree if you were talking about the man pages, but > the FAQ's have always seemed helpful to me. Are we on the same page? > > http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.6.1/pod/perlfaq.html or http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Reference/Products/ActivePerl/lib/Pod/perlf aq.html Bompa > > Russell J Foster > Subject, Wills, & Company > e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > v. 630-572-0240 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Russ Foster > > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 4:08 PM > > To: 'Bob Showalter'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: RE: generate variable names > > > > > > > > I 'm asking if there a dynamic way to generate variable names. > > > Man, this question comes up a lot! :) > > > > I was thinking the same, maybe it should be put in the FAQ... > > > > -rjf > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
