Re(2): [MacPerl] beginner perl questions pls

[Mark Yannuzzi <myannuzzi@aya.yale.edu>]

On Mon, Nov 9, 1998, vlb@cfcl.com <vlb@cfcl.com> wrote:

>At 01:14 -0800 11/9/98, Jay Bedsole wrote:
>>> George wrote:
>>>
>>> > Does anyone object to my posing some beginner PERL questions
>>> > to the group as long as they are not voluminous and not posted
>>> > often...these are notr necessarily MacPerl questions although
>>> > I do use it occasionally?
>>>
>>> then Brian wrote:
>>>
>>> > I object. I'd like to see this list be limited, as much as
>>> > possible, to MacPerl questions.
>>>
>>> Gotta agree with Brian here. Beginner MacPerl questions are
>>> OK, but try to avoid the beginner perl questions... though,
>>> admittedly, to a beginner, it's not always easy to differentiate.
>>> You're not likely to get scorched on this list, but you may be
>>> told where to go... that's usually a helpful thing, here. [wink]

I just started using Perl, bought the MacPerl Book and recently the
"Programming Perl" book, also.  I am only using Perl on my Mac, thus the
distinction between Perl and MacPerl is not one that I make.  I joined
the list since it was suggested by the authors of the MacPerl book.  I do
not recall any prerequisites mentioned.  The suggestion that only MacPerl
questions be posted appears to limit this list to those that are advanced
Perl users, who use Perl on more than one platform, and are thus able to
identify the distinctions between the ports (unless of course it is
glaringly obvious, such as questions pertaining to interface elements).

I make every effort to first try and find the answer to my questions
through the references that I have available, and through
experimentation.  However, I do not always find the answers, and it does
help to get input from others with more experience.  I also try to make
an intelligent and informative title to my post so that those that do not
wish to be bothered may skip/trash it right away.  This is my first
experience with a mailing list, and has been a pleasant one so far,
thanks to all who have taken the time to answer my questions, they have
all taught me something.  If, by fiat, the moderators of this list
determine that is exclusively for MacPerl questions only, I hope they
will make this clear so that those of us not quite experienced enough can
unsubscribe.
--
Mark Yannuzzi
myannuzzi@aya.yale.edu

>Sigh.
>
>Once again, I desparately wish for this to be a list where _MacPerl
>users_ can ask questions that might, just might, be considered
>_Perl_ questions.

>Arved Sandstrom wrote:
>>> I haven't noticed that questions on comp.lang.perl.misc don't get
>>> answered. They do, they get answered rapidly and thoroughly.
>
>Yes, they do that.  Sometimes too rapidly.  Sometimes too succinctly.
>And not always politely. (And personally, I DO NOT HAVE THE TIME to read
>the net (still looking for a net to mail gateway program...)).
>
>Why should we throw our new friends, other Macophiles just like us, to the
>wolves of comp.lang.perl.misc just because their question isn't stretched
>to make it Mac OS specific?
>
>Even if the answer is "it's in perlfoo.pod" (or, in our case, under the
>Help menu under Foo), that's a lot nicer than the response someone's likely
>to get in some other circles ("Look in the FAQ, dummy" doesn't quite follow
>Larry's ultimate rule of Perl style, c.f. The Camel, p. 550).
>
>sigh.  Sometimes I think we need another list.
>
>- Vicki
>---
>Vicki Brown <vlb@cfcl.com>           |\      _,,,---,,_
>Journeyman Sourceror           ZZZzz /,`.-'`'    -.  ;-;;,_
>Scripts & Philtres                  |,4-  ) )-,_. ,\ (  `'-'
>P.O. Box 1269, San Bruno CA 94066  '---''(_/--'  `-'\_)
>http://www.cfcl.com/~vlb      http://www.ptf.com/macperl
>
>***** Want to unsubscribe from this list?
>***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch
>
>