The reason I was first attracted to this list was because of an article,
announcing its launch (and that of the perl beginners list), in which the
general theme was that for too long, newcomers to Perl had been subjected
to RTFM in response to pleas for help. The lists were being set up to
Graham == Graham Gudgin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Graham I find it disturbing to see these guidelines being ignored by people
Graham who should know better - people who have a lot of respect within the
Graham Perl community. Such messages as (excerpted):
If you had something to say to me, say
I'm going to have to agree with Randal, here. Maybe I can chime in with a
less acidic tone.
If you don't want people to see your code, don't write it in a scripting
language. Buy a commercial C compiler and write commercial grade code. Perl
is a marvelous language for writing public domain code
