[oak perl] Perl Basics Mailing List

George Woolley george at metaart.org
Tue Nov 26 01:01:22 CST 2002


All,
OK. Let me try again. 

Mike and I would both like to start a Perl Basics Mailing List. Soon!
Mike proposed the basic idea to me
and we've been talking about it off-list.
Anyone else interested?                         -- George
    

On Monday 25 November 2002 10:23 pm, M. Lewis wrote:
> 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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