Re: Updates to site documentation

Since perldoc.com does such a good job displaying and formatting perl documentation, and since its as easy to link to as [perldoc://our] (i.e. our) I don't really see a need for perlmonks to duplicate the effort.

-Blake

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Re: Re: Updates to site documentation by Juerd (Abbot) on Mar 06, 2002 at 12:10 UTC
I like viewing the docs without exiting the site, or even moving my focus to a terminal. Besides, I like the black theme over here, and the white perldoc site is kind of painful to my eyes after having used Perl Monks for a few minutes :) Having docs online over here is good, but the docs really need to be updated to a recent version of Perl if we continue to say we're trying to be serious... ++ vs lbh qrpbqrq guvf hfvat n ge va Crey :) Nabgure bar vs lbh qvq fb jvgubhg ernqvat n znahny svefg. -- vs lbh hfrq OFQ pnrfne ;) - Whreq	[reply]
Re: Re: Updates to site documentation by drewbie (Chaplain) on Mar 06, 2002 at 16:02 UTC
If having perl documentation on PM is duplication, why is it here at all? I agree w/ Juerd that it's sometimes nice to not have to leave site site to view docs. But I do think that if we have docs here, they should be up to date. The only thing worse than no documentation is old/incorrect docs. And 5.6.1 has been out for some time now, so it's not exactly bleeding edge anymore. 5.7.3 has that distinction now. See Perl Versions for the lowdown.	[reply]