Phoenix.pm: meeting recommendations

Douglas E. Miles doug.miles at bpxinternet.com
Fri Oct 8 09:51:16 CDT 1999


Shay Harding wrote:
> 
> > Great meeting Doug!  Your time and effort is greatly appreciated.  I picked
> > up a few pointers, and I finally met the one called "Shay."
> 
> Was definitely a great meeting. Most people I've seen attend yet. I still think
> it's a good idea to have at least 15 - 30 minutes devoted to nothing but the
> basic concepts of Perl and programming at the start of each meeting. I think
> the majority of our group is probably beginner to intermediate
> Perlers/programmers. Of course the definition of 'basic' is open to
> interpretation.

It sounds like we have agreement here.  Anyone planning to do a
presentation, please include an introduction to the crucial concepts and
techniques at the beginning of you presentation, to bring everyone up to
speed.

> This will give everyone a good foundation in order to discuss the more advanced
> topics like references, typeglobs, etc. Of course I always prefer a good OOP
> discussion :)
> 
> > Oh, and by the way, at this stage in my career, I can safely say that I am
> > not the one to be giving a talk about globs and Symbol Tables!  Leave that
> > (and probably every other topic) to Shay.
> 
> I just know enough to be dangerous, and for sure I'm no Randal or Tom... yet :)
> 
> > Waiting for the World Series PM meeting....
> >
> > Tim
> 
> --
> 
> Shay

-- 
People understand instinctively that the best way for computer
programs to communicate with each other is for each of the them
to be strict in what they emit, and liberal in what they accept.
The odd thing is that people themselves are not willing to be
strict in how they speak, and liberal in how they listen.
--Larry Wall, 2nd State of the Onion Address, August 1998



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