[JaxPM]

[Bill Jones]

On the Jax.PM jacksonville-pm-list;
"Bill Jones" <bill at fccj.org> wrote -


>> > Are you all a pretty active group?
>> >

We now have 14 members (lost one just a second ago...)


>>
>> Not really.  Everyone is listening to everyone else (sort of like
>> SETI) and no one wants to be the first to speak.
>>
>> A few are posting, to be fair, but it is really a trickle...
>
> Last week I kind of felt out the group by asking a nuber of questions
> that might have gotten me flamed on certain lists (read: metioned
> Windoze), and I was pleasently surprised at the response.
>
> I got a number of intelligent and helpful replies, and no one told me
> not to post the things I had posted.

That is sort of the point of local groups - to prevent BS from swamping the
usenet groups and thus prevent flamewars, which are BS anyways...


> If we don't really have a protocol established on the list, I'd like to
> propose one now.
>
> <begin wish list>
> I'm really still a Perl beginner and I'd like to be able to ask for
> help not just with specific problems (like "How do I process binary
> data?") but with questions on general program design and approach to
> new Perl projects.

At one time I had started posting what I felt were beginner Scripts, but
those who are more experienced got bored and the others were either VERY
VERY quiet or just lost.  I think mostly I am talking to myself, so ...

I stopped talking as well :)


> I'd particulary like to see some experts discuss the approach/design
> issues. I say this because I can always read the Camel book or Perl
> Cookbook and see how to solve particular problems, but sometimes I'd
> like to hear from an experienced Perl hacker how they would approach a
> problem that I or others on the list might be facing. I have only
> Microsoft ASP people around me here, and they ARE NOT a valuable source
> of info on program design (read: couldn't tell you how to exit a MS-DOS
> prompt).
> </wish list>

See my sig line for a possible resolution for MS-DOS...


> I hope I'm not overstepping my bounds here, I just hope we can make
> this a good forum for newbies and experienced hackers alike.
>
>
> Responses/flames anyone?


No, you are allowed to suggest a proposed course the group could take - but
more than likely people will post what they working on at the time and not
really follow a particular discussion corriculum...

We are not moderated (yet), so if the discussions really get out of hand I
can lock 'er up...

I am not an expert by any stretch, but we as a group should be able to
figure out just about anything.  No?

HTH,
-Sneex-  :]
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