Such an open question leaves room for lots of very good answers. The node you mention got a few, which all got my upvote. Edit and rewrite the whole business for Q&A if you must, but let the originals stand.

We can't demand the rigorous levels of autodidacticism that we would of a postgraduate for every Query. IMO Perlmonks is for all levels of perl student. Let's act like we know that.

Slack questions draw freely chosen answers. That is good.