[oak perl] Perl Basics Mailing List

Belden Lyman blyman at iii.com
Tue Nov 26 10:41:58 CST 2002


Ugh, to top-post or bottom-post...

George Woolley wrote:

> 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
>     


Sure, this sounds like fun.

Speaking of lists for learning more perl, check out
MJD's Perl QOTW, http://perl.plover.com/qotw


> 
> 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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