RE: [MacPerl] Please don't Laugh at me...

[Brian McNett <webmaster@mycoinfo.com>]

> Don't feel bad. We were all new once, some of us several times. :)

I like Creede's answer better than my own! But then I avoided the regex 
to make a point.

Credible help from someone at Microsoft? Mark this day on the... Oh, 
Creed's a temp, ah shucks!  Why is it that nearly all the TALENT at 
Microsoft is outsourced these days?

Of course Jorge's question isn't specific to MacPerl, but it's nice to 
see people falling all over themselves to be helpful to new users.  I've 
seen only one RTFM so far, and that was embeded in a LOAD of helpful 
commentary.  Quite frankly, telling a new user to read the manual isn't 
100% helpful.  They probably already know to do that, but in reading the 
manual don't know where to look!  You can get LOST in the POD, you know.  
Best to point people to SPECIFIC sections of the documentation than just 
some general advice to RTFM.  It's why I always cite chapter and page 
when quoting MPPE.  It's not showing off my eidetic memory (I don't 
really HAVE an eidetic memory (except in regards to mushrooms (Don't 
ask!)), I wan't you to be able to find it too!

Watch yourself though, I've been on this list slightly less than a year, 
and already I'm inches away from being able to compile MacPerl from the 
source (no easy task).  With proper encouragement Jorge could soon be 
programming like Randal Schwartz or something!  Maybe Kevin Reid or Chris 
Nandor is a better analogy.

#!perl -w

my($clueless_newbie);

$clueless_newbie = "Potential Future MacPerl Guru";

rant();

sub rant {
die <<EOR;
A new user today could turn out to be someone whose code we all rely upon 
in the future.

$clueless_newbie
EOR
}

__END__

--B

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