Re^4: Do we ever want to freeze threads?

Yeah, this made me laugh out loud -- a 2004 discussion about freezing threads .. with an update almost twenty years later. :D

Also interesting to note that just asking the question (my root node) garnered a significant number downvotes. :/ Well, everyone has their own opinion.

Alex / talexb / Toronto

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Re^5: Do we ever want to freeze threads? by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Jul 28, 2023 at 23:19 UTC
> Also interesting to note that just asking the question (my root node) garnered a significant number downvotes. :/ I think the unfortunate downvotes simply reflect a (positive IMHO) change in Perl Monks culture over the years. I doubt that would happen if you posted that node today. To illustrate my point, On Interfaces and APIs in 2006 garnered a significant number of downvotes ... which I doubt would occur if I posted it today ... of course, it would also receive far fewer upvotes. :) The blockbuster centurion nodes at Perl Monks appear to be a thing of the past: Terrifying Beauty - though Erudil wrote only thirteen nodes in eight years, every single one of them earned 100+ rep! Update: see also: Experience Point References and Pranks	[reply]

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Re^5: Do we ever want to freeze threads?
by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Jul 28, 2023 at 23:19 UTC

> Also interesting to note that just asking the question (my root node) garnered a significant number downvotes. :/

I think the unfortunate downvotes simply reflect a (positive IMHO) change in Perl Monks culture over the years. I doubt that would happen if you posted that node today.

To illustrate my point, On Interfaces and APIs in 2006 garnered a significant number of downvotes ... which I doubt would occur if I posted it today ... of course, it would also receive far fewer upvotes. :) The blockbuster centurion nodes at Perl Monks appear to be a thing of the past:

Terrifying Beauty - though Erudil wrote only thirteen nodes in eight years, every single one of them earned 100+ rep!

Update: see also: Experience Point References and Pranks

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