RE: [PHP] Let's start a php-advanced list!

2004-03-08 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] My goal was to provide an area that fosters stretching PHP. Big projects, unusual projects, weird hacks... all kinds of advanced stuff. I have thought that providing an advanced area might make people more likely to post stuff like Look at this... and provide some intriguing discussion

RE: [PHP] Let's start a php-advanced list!

2004-03-07 Thread Larry Brown
Greenstock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 7:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] Let's start a php-advanced list! Interesting topic, However I don't necessarily agree that newbie's wont get their question answered. There are a lot of helpfully people out

RE: [PHP] Let's start a php-advanced list!

2004-03-06 Thread electroteque
This has come up many times before and I really don't think it will work. Splitting advanced users from beginners means that there will be nobody to answer the beginner questions which means they will get posted to the advanced list where the people with the answers are. It is a self-defeating

Re: [PHP] Let's start a php-advanced list!

2004-03-06 Thread Brian V Bonini
On Sat, 2004-03-06 at 01:57, Galen wrote: Who runs the php official mailing lists? Can we ask them to start a php-advanced list? Give it a description like Ready to take you coding to the next level? Got questions about high-level PHP code? This is the list for you. Redirect people asking

Re: [PHP] Let's start a php-advanced list!

2004-03-06 Thread Ryan A
This has come up many times before and I really don't think it will work. Splitting advanced users from beginners means that there will be nobody to answer the beginner questions which means they will get posted to the advanced list where the people with the answers are. It is a

Re: [PHP] Let's start a php-advanced list!

2004-03-06 Thread Jason Davidson
I definately agree with Rasmus, seperation will only cuase migration to the advanced list anyways, you need 'advanced' users helping the 'less-advanced' users. This is the purpose of the list. Jason Rasmus Lerdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 5 Mar 2004, Galen wrote: From my

Re: [PHP] Let's start a php-advanced list!

2004-03-06 Thread Galen
Hello All, You do make some excellent points. Maybe an advanced list isn't the greatest idea. But at least listen to what I had envisioned: My goal was to provide an area that fosters stretching PHP. Big projects, unusual projects, weird hacks... all kinds of advanced stuff. I have thought

Re: [PHP] Let's start a php-advanced list!

2004-03-06 Thread Jason Davidson
Sounds like you want to have more of a discussion list rather than help list.. which is not a bad idea, regardless of expertise. Jason Galen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello All, You do make some excellent points. Maybe an advanced list isn't the greatest idea. But at least listen to what

Re: [PHP] Let's start a php-advanced list!

2004-03-06 Thread Marc Greenstock
Interesting topic, However I don't necessarily agree that newbie's wont get their question answered. There are a lot of helpfully people out there, a lot of them are advanced in their programing but find the satisfaction of helping, or mentoring someone into advanced programming who is less

[PHP] Let's start a php-advanced list!

2004-03-05 Thread Galen
From my earlier post, I've had a number of people email me, on and off list, that there isn't much in the way of an advanced php mailing list. It also sounds like at least a few people are quite interested in the possibility. Who runs the php official mailing lists? Can we ask them to start a

Re: [PHP] Let's start a php-advanced list!

2004-03-05 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
On Fri, 5 Mar 2004, Galen wrote: From my earlier post, I've had a number of people email me, on and off list, that there isn't much in the way of an advanced php mailing list. It also sounds like at least a few people are quite interested in the possibility. Who runs the php official

Re: [PHP] Let's start a php-advanced list!

2004-03-05 Thread Jason Wong
On Saturday 06 March 2004 14:57, Galen wrote: From my earlier post, I've had a number of people email me, on and off list, that there isn't much in the way of an advanced php mailing list. It also sounds like at least a few people are quite interested in the possibility. The only way you