Re^2: Perl Monks monastery vs the Vatican

Everything you say is spot on.

But technology today, and maybe I should have started here, is about a whole universe of new things, Android, Smartphone, Apps, Tablets AND social media. Maybe I'm using Social Media as a catch-all for this whole new universe.

You sit in a train and 75% of the people on the train are staring at a small hand-held device, but they are not on PerlMonks and they are not coding Perl. In fact the Perl universe is closed to them from there.

Why?

Regards

Steve.

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Re^3: Perl Monks monastery vs the Vatican by mr_mischief (Monsignor) on Dec 10, 2014 at 15:02 UTC
If 75% of the people on the train were coding Perl, we'd probably be getting paid a lot less than we do. I'm not sure what your complaint is regarding Perlmonks and smartphones. My phone has a browser, and I can use it to access PM just fine. I also use the browser rather than the awful Facebook battery muncher even though that's available. You see, that's the great thing about web sites: there are browsers everywhere.	[reply]
Re^3: Perl Monks monastery vs the Vatican by marto (Cardinal) on Dec 10, 2014 at 14:36 UTC
"You sit in a train and 75% of the people on the train are staring at a small hand-held device, but they are not on PerlMonks and they are not coding Perl." I doubt that even .01% of people on trains using smartphones (or such devices) are doing any coding. If you are trying to make a comparison between people accessing facebook and people accessing perlmonks then you're not going to prove anything.	[reply]
Re^4: Perl Monks monastery vs the Vatican by Steve_BZ (Chaplain) on Dec 10, 2014 at 14:41 UTC
I am, or least sometimes I'm testing or posting notes to PM. But I need a laptop to make it work. But if I'm coding for Android, I can use my phone.	[reply]
Re^5: Perl Monks monastery vs the Vatican by marto (Cardinal) on Dec 10, 2014 at 14:47 UTC
What does this have to do with Perlmonks and social networks? None of these points make any sense in context of your arguments? On my daily commute (train) I post and browse using the default Android browser with zero issues. Unless you tell people what doesn't work for you, how can you expect anyone to understand what you're trying to improve? But if I'm coding for Android, I can use my phone. How to build Perl on Android 4.4, YMMV, or better yet, ssh to a device running multiple perls (via perlbrew) should you wish to test something.	[reply]
Re^5: Perl Monks monastery vs the Vatican by Anonymous Monk on Dec 10, 2014 at 22:46 UTC
Perlmonks ...But I need a laptop to make it work. I don't believe you, I post to perlmonks using a flip-phone/featurephone ... its almost as slow as using a tablet without keyboard (ok its a little slower)	[reply]