Great idea. Although I am mostly a Lisp newbie, I'll hang out there whenever I am coding (which isn't that often right now, but hey)
Cheers Brad On 2/9/06, Clemens Fruhwirth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Short story: Join #cl-gardeners. > Long story: > > Xach posted > > http://blog.roberthahn.ca/articles/2006/02/09/lisp-first-impressions > > on #lisp on FreeNode. Yes, this blog entry has some attitude problems, > however the main point the blogger has is right: > > #lisp is a channel for experienced CL programmers, and not primarily for > asking trivial lisp newcomer questions. Of course, not all of these > questions are valid. Some of those people joining #lisp simply want to > get their homework done (preferably by others). But sometimes there are > people that seriously want to learn Lisp. Every single one that is not > sucked into the Common Lisp community is a loss that might not be > quantified. And selfish as I am, I simply dislike the idea that there > are any obstacles for lisp newcomers to start writing lisp code that > someday I might be able to use :). > > The plan is to build a channel where newcomers can ask question and > eventually get answer by newcomers. You don't have to fortuneteller to > predict that sometimes newbies can answer questions by other newbies > better than an experienced CL. And in most cases, both parties gain > knowledge. (The unexperienced newbie by getting an answer, the > semi-experienced newbie by repeating his partially acquired knowledge; > you'll find that learning technique in every serious "teachers > handbook") > > The channel should be on FreeNode. The reason is that when the guys on > #lisp are busy or simply don't want to give an answer, they can send off > the help seeker to #cl-gardeners. > > To actually gain any social momentum, it is required that there are a > few experienced CL coders on #cl-gardeners that are willing to help out > for the first few months. So, if you are interested join #cl-gardeners > on FreeNode, irc.freenode.net or http://freenode.net/irc_servers.shtml > > -- > Fruhwirth Clemens - http://clemens.endorphin.org > for robots: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > Gardeners mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lispniks.com/mailman/listinfo/gardeners > _______________________________________________ Gardeners mailing list [email protected] http://www.lispniks.com/mailman/listinfo/gardeners
