I was just looking through Q&A when I realized that there are a couple sections that should be there (at least in my opinion.)

They are:
'Perl 6'
and
'Modules and Packages' (Questions on how to write a module, how to create a makefile etc.)

I know a lot of those questions are answered in other various places, but I think it would be helpful to a lot of people to have them available all in once place.


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Re: Q&A category suggestions
by cjf (Parson) on Feb 02, 2002 at 04:06 UTC
    From what I've heard it sounds like Perl 6 won't be released for at least another year (please reply if you know otherwise), so a Perl 6 section does sound a bit premature as crazyinsomniac says. It's also questionable whether it would ever be necessary, I don't see separate Perl 4 and 5 sections around anywhere ;).

    A module section sounds like a great idea though. Personally about 80% of the time I spend learning perlish things is spent reading up on different modules. I've found some reviews of modules I'm considering using here, but a lot of them were written almost 2 years ago and could probably use an update. It would also be nice if they were all located in the same area for easy browsing.

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      While questions on specific modules weren't really why I suggested it, I suppose it's also an option.

      I intended the section to be used for discussing how to write modules, etc.

      Example Question: How do I create a PPM module?

      As for Perl6, as I said earlier, that was added as an afterthought because I didn't feel right making only one suggestion. Although it is my understanding that it will be dramatically different (considering the changes to things like the '.' operator, it might be a good idea to have it available.) Though perhaps having it now would be a bit premature...


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Re: Q&A category suggestions
by crazyinsomniac (Prior) on Feb 02, 2002 at 03:26 UTC
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      To tell the truth, the perl 6 one was an afterthought, I just didn't feel right posting with only the one catagory. :)


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