[MacPerl] Re: News group

[Matthias Ulrich Neeracher <neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch>]

billbill@wetware.com (BillBill) writes:
>Thanks, Matthias - that is a good idea.  By the way, I would *gladly*
>read this mailing list as a newsgroup.  The news interface makes it
>much easier to follow threads and to manage large traffic.

I agree, although in my experience newsgroups usually lose some focus.
The reorganization of the Litprog mailing list into comp.programming.literate
that I advocated, for instance, was probably not for the benefit of the group.

The last time I asked around on the mailing list, a clear majority was opposed
to creating a newsgroup, but this was a while ago so we could do another poll.
Send me your opinions (The list is currently moderated, and I will not post
your articles unless I feel they contribute new arguments for or agains, I will
meerly count them). If a clear majority is in favor of the group, it should be
easy to get a newsgroup.

>Anyone for alt.lang.macperl or comp.sys.mac.programmer.perl?

I'm definitely opposed to an alt.* group. They have incomplete distribution, in
particular outside of academia and are almost impossible to get rid of.

Regarding comp.* groups, I have a slight preference for comp.lang.perl.mac
over comp.sys.mac.programmer.perl, as there are the precedents of
comp.lang.{forth,pascal}.mac.

Matthias

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