On Saturday, January 25, 2014 10:53:00 AM UTC-8, Don Gateley wrote:
>
> I find informational categories and category structures of great use where
> I encounter them elsewhere. I'd go so far as to recommend that all of the
> lists you mention be incorporated into a single forum structure and the
> archaic mailing list function eliminated so that everything is consolidated
> and searchable from one friendly point. Focusing the entire community to
> one place would, I think, reduce the dilution into places like Reddit and
> StackOverflow. I'd even want Github discussions to be nudged toward the
> same forum. I despise StackOverflow not only for their format but for
> their elitist filtering and interposition whose rules and criteria can only
> be really discerned by observation, pattern recognition and trial and
> error. I would hope that a good, modern forum/BB system at
> julialang.orgcould diminish the use of StackOverflow for Julia.
>
> Finally, I believe that such informational support would significantly
> enhance the growth of Julia usage. Perhaps it is considered premature for
> that but the day will come.
>
