Re: [MacPerl] News group

[picastle@ccnet.ccnet.com (Paul I. Castle)]

>>From: esmith@vgi.com
>
>>    I am against it, but out of self interest.  I can't read news
>>groups, so the only way I could read this is if it had a mail
>>component.  So if it went news-only, then I would vote no.
>>    If a news group was *added*, that would be another matter....  I
>>think I'd be against it then as well (although less so) because I fear
>>people posting advertisments and such which would require it to be
>>moderated.. taking more time from you/whoever who did it.
>>    I have enough time to read it the size the list is now... as a
>>news group.. I might have to drop it.

 I tend to agree. Usenet has it's charms, but increasingly groups are
 cluttered with spam and static from passers-by. This list stays pretty
 focused most of the time, certainly more so than the average newsgroup
 and even most mailing lists I've seen.

 Matthias, Would moderating a newsgroup be more or less work for you,
 compared to moderating this list and subduing rogue mail daemons?
 Or are the trade-offs about even?

 (BTW, as a novice programmer I appreciate this list and all you do for
 MacPerl!)



>(For other subscribers of the list: There is now a new "Perl Journal", and I'm
> going to write an article on MacPerl for issue #2).

 Great! I was going to ask about availabilty but a quick search on Yahoo
 turned up this URL:

      http://orwant.www.media.mit.edu/the_perl_journal/

 All needed info is there, but not much in the way of sample articles yet.


 Paul I. Castle
 picastle@ccnet.ccnet.com


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