[oak perl] Perl Basics Mailing List

M. Lewis cajun at cajuninc.com
Tue Nov 26 00:23:47 CST 2002


Lay it all off on me huh George ?  hehehe, that's ok.

Looks like you and I may be the only die hard night owls... Else
everyone else is parsing the idea.....

M

On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 20:33, George Woolley wrote:
> Mike would like to create a Perl Basics Mailing List.
> Here's some snipets taken from our off-list discussion of his idea.
> (I view it as a Perl Quest, but I don't think we've talked about that.)
> 
> Here's my shot of a description of the list:
> ==============================================================
> 1) Name: The Perl Basics Mailing List
> 2) Function: This is a place for asking and answering questions
> about Perl basics with the intent of mastering them,
> so that we may write
> more efficient, more understandable and more reliable Perl programs.
> 
> Perl basics: (This would need to be defined, but certainly includes
>  the basics of hashes and regular expressions
> which confuse a lot of people.)
> 3) Who for: This list is for beginners.
>  It's also for anyone who wants to more deeply understand basics.
> One of the best ways to deepen one's understanding is
> to see the problems others have and help them get beyond
> those problems.
> No matter how advanced you are there is always more to grasp
> concerning basics.
> \=======================================================/
> 
> Mike is prepared to host this list: 
> =======================================================
> The mechanics of hosting the list isn't a problem. I have multiple servers 
> here and can easily setup this or any other listserver in
> minutes. If the list grows too large, then bandwidth may be an issue. I
> don't know how big too big actually is though.
> \=======================================================/
> 
> Both and Mike and I would like to set this up 
> for our group very soon.
> It might be expanded to include more people later.
> 
> I think this is a great idea.
> Are you interested? 
> Other thoughts?
>      -- George
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