Arthur, You might want to check out http://www.modbus.pl/, which might have what you need, as it mentions Perl. You can also ask in the ModBus developers forum at http://www.modbus.org/devcommunity.htm, or on one of the national Perl mailing lists or USENET groups.
Everyone else, an instructional case presents itself... > From: Gyepi SAM > Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 11:52 PM > Subject: Re: [Boston.pm] Were to start ? > > On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 07:29:31PM -0800, Arthur Perkins wrote: > > I am very new perl user, > > Welcome, very new perl user. > > > and I am interested in > > starting a project with a product called ModBus. It is > > an embedded application for industrial controllers. I > > am not quite clear on how to start. > > At such times, I have found Alice in Wonderland to be quite instructive. > > To wit: > > `Begin at the beginning,' the King said gravely, `and go on > till you come to the end: then stop.' > .. > If, however, you really want to get work done, google seems like a good > place > to start. Here we have a "very new Perl user" -- the kind that many people claim to want to persuade to become an "ardent Perl devotee" or perhaps even a "fanatical Perl advocate". And what is the response to his request for assistance in using Perl to actually solve his problem? "I have read a famously quotable book, and you need to go use a search engine instead of expecting people who already know Perl to help you." Yes, Alice is fun to read and perhaps fun to discuss with the right people. And Perl users have long demonstrated their literary awareness -- however specialized and ersatz. But, if you consider the frame of reference of a "very new Perl user", you may realize that he is more interested in solving his problem and finding a helpful community than in literature. Yes, Google is generally the answer. That's how I found what I put in the first paragraph of this message. But what kind of "community" grows by telling people "You don't need us; we aren't helpful; everything you need can be found elsewhere"? Just something for you to consider. -- John Redford _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
