question on recruiters and list/group policy

[the yayster]

i guess that he is saying that you would be the else clause in an if statement.

if($recruiter){
#will not be run
} else {
#hi there

}

mstretchberry at mindspring.com wrote:

> Walter - thanks for your efforts - and this may class me as "really stupid"
> recruiter - but what do you mean by "recruiters are not scalar quantities"?
> :-)
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Walter Pienciak <walter at frii.com>
> To: boulder-pm-list at happyfunball.pm.org
> <boulder-pm-list at happyfunball.pm.org>
> Date: Friday, October 15, 1999 3:45 PM
> Subject: Re: question on recruiters and list/group policy
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >I've been "away" at the USITS conference (wow, great papers and
> >conversations), but I guess everyone who cares has kicked in their
> >opinion by now and I can just boil down the comments into a policy.
> >
> >Here goes:
> >
> >boulder-pm-list is for Perl-related discussion.  General announcements
> >likely to be of interest to most group members are welcome.  Occasional
> >job postings closely related to Perl are acceptable.
> >
> >If abuses begin to occur (and we reserve the right to redefine "abuse"
> >as consensus dictates), we'll take the necessary steps to stop it.
> >(Of course, only *really stupid* recruiters would deliberately
> >provoke/alienate the people they're trying to recruit . . . but you
> >never know.  There's a lot of strange thinking out there.)
> >
> >Recruiters are not scalar quantities, and we won't classify them as
> >such.  If you have a legitimate interest in Perl, you're welcome on
> >the mailing list and at any of our meetings, regardless of your "day
> >job".
> >
> >Any person who meets the above criteria and wants to pick up the
> >tab at a meeting is welcome to do so.
> >
> >Walter
> >
> >