Poblachtach32, you have a good point (and bravely made!).

I too would welcome a section of the site where we could discuss programming queries only tangentially related to Perl. The chatterbox is just too small for serious discussion.

Although I'm programming in Perl, many of the issues I come across aren't directly related to Perl - I'm sure it's the same for many other Monks. After all, nobody programs in a vacuum ("No language is an island"?) - all the work I do in Perl involves interacting with other software.

I feel disppointed when a SoPW is given a dismissive answer, or even considered for deletion, on "no Perl in this" grounds - if some of us have knowledge which could be useful to others, why not share it? It's a shame when an interesting question is dismissed because it 'breaks the rules', and it often looks to me like mere oneupmanship.

Of course, nobody wants the whole monastery to go wildly off-topic - it's pretty easy to see why that would be a Bad Thing. But Pure Perl Monks needn't be disturbed by a seperate section devoted to technical issues only tangentially related to Perl - they could just ignore it.

andye.