Re: My favorite monk is

It was only a short while ago I found out about paco, and his story at Perlmonks. It really has turned into an intriguing tale; he has earned many experience points (as I write this, 620 personal XP, and 557 for his lone question), and he disappeared with a mystery that has become larger-than-life over the years.

I'm a (relative) newcomer to Perlmonks myself, having been here for not quite a year. But the saga of paco continues to illicit curiousity, speculation and fantasy, and is now a Perlmonks treasure.

For my own part, I like to imagine that paco has been off studying, and has long since become a Perl guru. It's nice to see that all votes go to him; had I voted, that's for sure where my vote would have gone anyway.

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Re^2: My favorite monk is by Unanimous Monk (Sexton) on May 08, 2006 at 14:28 UTC
It was only a short while ago I found out about paco, and his story at Perlmonks. Ok, now I'm curious. What is paco's story, or is the lone 557XP question all there is?	[reply]
Re^3: My favorite monk is by dragonchild (Archbishop) on May 08, 2006 at 14:33 UTC
paco posted a single question and was never seen again. Sometime after that, Ovid started a campaign to make paco a Saint by trying to get every monk to vote for paco. It's succeeding quite nicely, given that paco has only one node to vote on. (It is the second highest-ranked node of all time.) Update: I'll happily stand corrected. Erudil's node is the singularly most-recognized piece of Perl code. My criteria for good software: Does it work? Can someone else come in, make a change, and be reasonably certain no bugs were introduced?	[reply]
Re^4: My favorite monk is by bassplayer (Monsignor) on May 08, 2006 at 15:32 UTC
Thankfully, this node still ranks higher. Now that I think about it, I wish I could have voted for Erudil. bassplayer	[reply]
Re^3: My favorite monk is by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on May 08, 2006 at 15:19 UTC
The myth continued Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. Lingua non convalesco, consenesco et abolesco. -- Rule 1 has a caveat! -- Who broke the cabal? "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: My favorite monk is by ambrus (Abbot) on May 13, 2006 at 12:44 UTC
As I've heared, he was the first real visitor of perlmonks, he posted a question first after the opening of The Monastery Gates. Everyone before him cound as natives, not visitors.	[reply]


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