Re^2: Congratulations to the winner of a new copy of Perl 6: The Community's Rewrite of Perl!

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Re^3: Congratulations to the winner of a new copy of Perl 6: The Community's Rewrite of Perl! by jdporter (Paladin) on Mar 23, 2024 at 02:15 UTC
There was a substantial discussion about this, not long ago, when the giveaway was being planned. I thought it was here (on perlmonks) but I can't find the discussion now...	[reply]
Re^4: Congratulations to the winner of a new copy of Perl 6: The Community's Rewrite of Perl! by jdporter (Paladin) on Mar 23, 2024 at 16:18 UTC
Ah, found it: Next Wednesday @ Houston Linux Users Group, a giveaway of Perl 6 Essentials, "The community rewrite of Perl". Come out if you want a copy! ... also by "the most respected person in the whole perl community" lol. The point I made in that thread is that this book is of historical interest (value?) only. As many have pointed out, it is utterly useless. I wonder what Colby expects from it. Maybe he has a wobbly table?	[reply]
Re^5: Congratulations to the winner of a new copy of Perl 6: The Community's Rewrite of Perl! by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Mar 24, 2024 at 05:38 UTC
Ah, found it: Next Wednesday @ Houston Linux Users Group, a giveaway of Perl 6 Essentials, "The community rewrite of Perl". Come out if you want a copy! I'm not a reddit user, but googling just now found a follow-up reddit post with the same title as this Perl thread: Congratulations to the winner of a new copy of Perl 6: The Community's Rewrite of Perl! ... no great surprise to see a reddit rep of -12 with its original content now replaced with Sorry, this post has been removed by the moderators of r/perl. 👁️🍾👍🦟	[reply]
Re^3: Congratulations to the winner of a new copy of Perl 6: The Community's Rewrite of Perl! (Troll) by LanX (Saint) on Mar 23, 2024 at 02:37 UTC
Given that over one third of EvanCarroll's posts here have a negative rep, I suppose you're right, and "fooling" is part of the concept. Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) see Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply]
Re^3: Congratulations to the winner of a new copy of Perl 6: The Community's Rewrite of Perl! by EvanCarroll (Chaplain) on Mar 23, 2024 at 16:25 UTC
Someone else had a similar response, so I've learned something. Next time I'll wait until the week after April Fools. However, I'm not joking. I really did give away this book, and Colby really did win it. Evan Carroll The most respected person in the whole perl community. www.evancarroll.com	[reply]