Jerry, Knowing Rob a little, I'd say he's not trying to exclude posters from the East, but trying to help them. I agree with him, that many posts from the East have much to do with basic computer science, and if so, we can suggest resources to help build that understanding -- not as a prerequisite for posters, but as a way to help them out. (Of course, I'm not one to talk -- my grounding in Computer Science is so rusty people on this list often don't know I have it...) (And, sorry for the top-posting. I haven't figured out how to fix that!)
Thanks, Scott Scott E. Robinson SWAT Team UTC Onsite User Support RR-690 -- 281-654-5169 EMB-2813N -- 713-656-3629 What a nasty question / paragraph... This list is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rob, you are completely out of line with that question on this list. People ask, how do I open a file and other people answer, this is a beginner's list.. How many times have I cringed and you as well when we see base questions like the one above answered, but this is a beginners list so if you've just learned how to open a file, then you want to tell someone about it when they ask the question. Boring and not acceptable by you but this is a beginner's list. I don't think this list or Perl for that matter prerequisites Computer Science education, my uncle is a bricklayer and likes to program in Perl.. Is he not allowed to ask a question on this list ?? The fact that Randall occasionally answers posts means that the list is still acceptable, mind you, I miss input from John Krahn who seems to have slipped away for a while.. come back John... If someone, be it from India, Taiwan, Bahrain, Chicago, on this list asks how to add 1 to 1 in Perl, someone will answer, this is a beginner's list. Mind you, no one from Belgium would ever ask a question like this cause we're too smart. Crap.... I think it is encouraging that we have so many posts from middle and eastern countries, I'm just sad that so many of those posts relate to Windows type Operating Systems.. That pisses me off more than anything else.. Personally, I'd love to see a UNIX/LINUX only Perl beginner's list, I don't use Windows and I hate Windows posts, I wish they would all blow up and go away.. Be it from India, Taiwan, Bahrain or Chicago. Long live Perl.. Jerry On Tuesday, Nov 4, 2003, at 21:10 Europe/Brussels, Rob Dixon wrote: > To all. > > I wonder if any subscriber from the middle and far eastern > countries can explain what training and IT experience people > like them are likely to have had? It seems to me that a > disproportionate number of posted questions coming from that > region would be resolved better by a proper grounding in > Computer Science? > > Rob -- 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]
