[pm-h] Gauging Interesting In A Potential 'Activity' Social Meeting

rlharris at oplink.net rlharris at oplink.net
Sun Jun 7 16:46:02 PDT 2015


On Sun, June 7, 2015 3:45 pm, Julian Brown via Houston wrote:
> Wade it might be a good idea to bring it up at each meeting, maybe after
> the speaker (s) have finished before we start socializing.  Most of the
> people are senior, but I am sure there are some who are not and would be
> greatly appreciative of any help.

As a non-professional essayist and commentator, I occasionally have need
to modify multiple text files which reside in multi-level directory
structures.  Another need is to generate documents by drawing component
text from files residing in multiple directories.  So most of my needs
involve loops which traverse directories, create or open files, and read,
write, or modify file contents.

A few years back, shortly after I discovered Perl, Wade and other PM-H
members tutored me at PM-H meetings and via e-mail, helping me to design
and write a number of Perl scripts to accomplish the required tasks.

Since then, I have been hard-pressed to attend PM-H meetings, but it
appears to me that most of the PM-H presentations over the past few years
focus upon techniques which are much too exotic for my simple needs.

Nonetheless, I view PM-H meetings as an opportunity not only to receive
on-the-spot assistance, but also to make acquaintance with Perl Mongers
willing to provide tutoring and assistance on an informal paid basis.

RH




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